| Artefact ID | 1185 |
| TM ID | TM 120473 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 25 (Aḫmīm) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
| Material | Wood |
| Writing medium | Label |
| Text content | Documentary, Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | IGChrEg 687; T.Berl.Möller 125: Mummy label. Wooden mummy tablet (12,4 x 3,8 cm) with a three lines inscription in black ink: "Psentheus, son of Apollonios and grandson of Patses". A monogrammatic chrism was drawn after the last line. The back is blank. |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | For a 4th c. date (last century of use of mummy labels), see Delattre and Worp 2012: 93. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Bought by Robert Forrer 1894. Lefebvre indicates a provenance from Aḫmīm; TM 120473 indicates a provenance from Sohag, cemetery. |
| Accession number | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung ÄM 11843 |
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