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Artefact ID1225
TM IDTM 957649
Findspot (DEChriM ID)43   (Biʾr al-ʿAyn)
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumGraffito
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Beginning of a graffito in Coptic (A) commemorating the presence of a Benjamin the ser[vant of God], only one line preserved/copied.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to50
Dating criteria

Use of Akhmimic (including Akhmimic hori)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Isolated rock of approx. H. 4 m x L. 5 x W. 3 m covered with graffiti, including a set of Christian graffiti (Greek and Coptic).

Accession number

Wādī Biʾr al-ʿAyn, in situ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bouriant, Urbain. 1889. "Notes de voyage." Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes 11: 147 right column, 1st from above [131-159].

Additional bibliography

• Kuhlmann, Klaus Peter. 1983. Materialien zur Archäologie und Geschichte des Raumes von Achmim, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Kairo. Sonderschrifte 11. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, Taf. 7 (showing the rock).

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1225", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1225
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