| Artefact ID | 1278 |
| TM ID | TM 105433 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 72 (Ǧazīrat Aswān) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
| Material | Stone |
| Writing medium | Inscription |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | I.Louvre 109; SEG XLII 1558: Funerary stela for a monk. Fragmentary (broken at all sides) decorated, sandstone stela (h. 24.2 ; w. 14 ; th. 5 cm), with a 4 lines incised inscription. On the first line is the Christian cryptogram ΧΜΓ, the three others bear the name of "Sansnos, monk" (written monochos, for monachos, which is quite common, see O.Kellis 121 or P.Lond. VI 1913). Under the text is an inscribed sequence showing a staurogram between two palm leaves. |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Ed. pr. gives a post quem date of 325 or 350. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Found in the Chnoubeion (Elephantine) during excavations led by Clermont-Ganneau and J. Clédat in December 1907. |
| Accession number | Paris, Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes, AF 10009. |
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