Artefact ID | 1255 |
TM ID | - |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 69 (Bilād al-Rūm) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Inscription |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | Aldumairy 2007, fig. 55: Stela of Kalimera, "servant of Jesus-Christ", deceased on Pauni 26, indiction 8. The text is incised in the limestone, then painted in red ink, inside a square frame. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 500 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, onomastics and archaeological context. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Found in the Roman period cemetery (mainly dated 1st-3rd c.) of Bilād al-Rūm during excavations conducted between 1997 and 2003 by the Sīwa Antiquities Inspectorate. Associated with two other Christian steles: ID 1254 and 1256. |
Accession number | Siwa Museum, number unknown. |