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Artefact ID1321
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)73   (Wādī Ḥaǧǧāǧ)
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumGraffito, Inscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

I.Wadi Haggag 103: Invocation

Three lines of an inscription written in a round fine majuscule reading "Lord Jesus Christ, help your servant Theodoulos". Initial cross. Kurie is written in full.

Negev wonders if this Theodoulos would be Theodoulos son of Nilos who lived in Pharan c. 400.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from350
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Rock III / 235

Accession number

Wādī Ḥaǧǧāǧ, in situ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Negev, Avraham. 1977. "The inscriptions of Wadi Haggag, Sinai." Qedem 6, 1-100 (no. 103 with fig. 74).    

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2023, "Artefact ID 1321", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1321
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