Artefact ID | 1331 |
TM ID | TM 244068 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 63 (Apa Phoibammon in the Rock) | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Archive/Dossier | Dossier |
Description | SEG LXII 1777: Transport of water and bread. Eight lines of a Greek graffito (20 x 19,5 cm) written by Horion neoteros, with an account of transport of water and bread from the village of Terkythis to the "mountain of Memnonia" during several days. According to the ed., this Horion neoteros is most likely the same as in I.Mon.Phoeb. 1 (and others): the location of the inscription, in a place overlooking the valley, suggests that the place may have served as a fallback base which would have been supplied by Hôriôn. Right under this graffito, another one (no. 3765) is mentioned by the ed. containing a list of 6 persons, possibly the companions of Horos. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography and dossier connexion (Horion neoteros): dated 4th c. in Delattre and Worp 2012. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | South side of the top of the Theban Mountains, facing the city of Djeme, a few kilometres north of the monastery of Apa Phoibammonno, mural no. 3764. |
Accession number | Theban Mountains, in situ. |