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Artefact ID1157
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)19   (Biʾr Šawīš)
ClassCooking/table/transport/storage ware
MaterialCeramic
Description

Stopper with incised stylised cross decoration.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from320
Date to400
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Biʾr Šawīš, house no. 3, room no. 12.

Accession number-
BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Musil, J., M. Tomášek, S. Kučová and J. Šanderová. 2013. Egyptian Western Desert in the Roman Period: Al Hayz – Bahariya; The Survey of Development of the Landscape and its Settlement. Památky archeologické 104: 46, fig. 55.

Authors
Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 1157", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1157
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