Artefact ID | 1330 |
TM ID | TM 832503 / TM 106075 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 63 (Apa Phoibammon in the Rock) | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Coptic |
Archive/Dossier | Dossier |
Description | I.Mon.Phoeb. 43; SB VIII 9802 (4) Nine lines of a graffito written by a fugitive (10 x 6 cm), reading: "The day in which I was pursued by the soldiers is the 25th of Pharmouthi, inside this Topos, on...". Part of the bilingual dossier of Horion neoteros: see I.Mon.Phoeb. 1 and Delattre and Worp 2012. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Coptic language |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Part of the dossier of Horion neoteros, dated 4th c. in Delattre and Worp 2012, following the date given in ed.pr. More recently Wipszycka has questioned the unity of the dossier, which is impossible to verify without any images (see Wipszycka 2009: 182-183, n. 49). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Circular Cliff: West Side. Mural no. 56. |
Accession number | Thebes, monastery of Apa Phoibammon, in situ. |