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Artefact ID1162
TM IDTM 109256
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Fragment of the lower part of a stela with an epitaph in Coptic (S) on a clacite slab, the deceased's name is lost with the upper part of the stela, the day of the demise was Khoaikh 22nd of an 11th indiction, the end ("Amen, this may be it") is rather uncommon

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to500
Dating criteria

Terminus ante quem non (indiction year), material, carefule execution, and large amount of Greek words (editor)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Tübingen, University, Egyptian collection, 1502

formerly in the Lindenmuseum Stuttgart

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Brunner, Hellmut. 1957. "Ägyptische Altertümer des Linden-Museums I." Tribus: Zeitschrift für Ethnologie und ihre Nachbarwissenschaften / Veröffentlichungen des Linden-Museums 7: 177-178 [169-178].

Additional bibliography

• Brunner-Traut, Emma, and Hellmut Brunner. 1981. Die ägyptische Sammlung der Universität Tübingen. 2 vols. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 321-322 & Taf. 168.

• Lüddeckens, Erich. 1978. "Die koptischen Inschriften des Koptischen Museums in Kairo." In The Future of Coptic Studies, edited by Robert MacLachlan Wilson, 201 note 29 [197–202]. Leiden Brill.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1162", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1162
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