| Artefact ID | 1344 |
| TM ID | TM 104952 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 44 (al-Iskandariyya) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
| Material | Plaster |
| Writing medium | Dipinto, Inscription |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | SEG LIII 1948; SEG XXXII 1573: Psalm quotation and acclamations. Three inscriptions: two of them on the left side of the wall, one below the other; the third one on the bottom right side of the wall, after two crosses. The first inscription and the third one are written around a large cross (the first one being a serifed cross). The second inscription is written between small crosses. a. Quotation from Ps. 90.1. b. Possibly a very early example of a formula that developed into the Latin Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat. c. "Christ conquers". |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra, Biblical quote or paraphrase |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography: dated 350-499 in Henein 2003: 645. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | El-Gabbari, funerary chambers in the western necropolis: Grave 10, room 1. |
| Accession number | Alexandria, El-Gabbari, excavations DAI 1974-1976, in situ. |
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