| Artefact ID | 1347 |
| TM ID | TM 105077 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 79 (Armant) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Writing medium | Dipinto, Inscription |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | SEG XXXVIII 1693: Epitaph of Triadelphos Bingen 1989: Rectangular terra cotta tablet with an inscription painted in red. The text, reading "Triadelphos | Α cross Ω", is written along the small side. At the last line, a serifed crux ansata with a dot in the middle of the upper circle. According to Bingen 1989, this inscription is an archetype for the common use in Hermonthis of the crux ansata with alpha and omega on its sides, especially with arms getting larger at the exterior, and, as a loop, concentric circles or a circle with a dot in the middle. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography and typology. Dated c. 5th c. in ed. pr. but 4/5th by Bingen 1989. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Necropolis at Hağir Armant near Hermonthis |
| Accession number | Armant, Egyptian excavations 1983, number unknown |
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