| Artefact ID | 1342 |
| TM ID | TM 104560 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 77 (Mūṭ al-Ḫarāb) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Stone |
| Writing medium | Inscription |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | I.Oasis p. 80 no. 2; SB XX 14880; SEG LXII 1733; SEG XXXVIII 1686: Monumental inscription. Large block of sandstone that is the left part only of a lintel (l. 95 x w. 50 x th. 26 cm) with one line of a mutilated monumental inscription with an invocation of the Lord for an emperor. Below it, a serifed cross with six branches. For other – more modest – examples of the invocation formula in the Great Oasis, see I.Oasis p. 43, no. 66 and (although partially in lacuna) I.Oasis p. 36-38, no. 49. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Comparison with parallel texts of the region. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Seen in 1975 lying on the ground not far away from the remains of the ancient temple of Mūṭ (Wagner 1976: 288 and Wagner 1987: 80). In the early 2000s, the block was kept next to the Hibis temple, in Madīnat al-Ḫāriǧa, where it was photographed by V. Ghica. |
| Accession number | Hibis temple (Maʿbad Hībis), in situ. |
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