Artefact ID | 1350 |
TM ID | TM 105573 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Inscription |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | I.Louvre 106; IGChrEg 784: Epitaph of Hierax and his daughter. Inscription of a pagan type but in the tympanon is inscribed – although quite erased – a crux ansata. |
Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 250 |
Date to | 450 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography and typology (see Coquin and Rutschowscaya 1994: 109-110). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Bought by S. de Ricci in the Fayyum in March 1905 (G. Lefebvre). |
Accession number | Paris, Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes, E 21137 / MG 3638 |