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Artefact ID1363
TM IDTM 142340
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

SEG XLVII 2149: Epitaph of a woman.

Limestone stela (dim. 15 x22 cm) with 3 lines of Greek inscription (presented as Coptic in Brunsch 1991) reading (after corrections by Hasitzka and Diethart 1997): (dedicated) "to the woman resting in peace in the Lord". L. 2 and 3 are separated by a large, deeply engraved, serifed cross.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Described as "early Byzantine" in SEG XLVII 2149; dated 284-499 in TM.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Cairo, Coptic Museum K 3911

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Brunsch, Wolfgang. 1991. "Bemerkungen zu koptischen und griechischen Inschriften." Orientalia 60, no. 77 with pl. XX.

Additional bibliography

• Chaniotis, A., Pleket, H.W., Stroud, R.S. and Strubbe, J.H.M. 1997. “SEG 47-2149-2150. Egypt. Unknown provenance. Two Christian epitaphs, early Byzantine period.” In Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Current editors: A. T. E. N. Chaniotis Corsten Stavrianopolou Papazarkadas. Consulted online on 01 August 2021.

• Hasitzka, Monika R. M. and Diethart, Johannes M. 1997. Tyche 12, p. 255-256 no. 246.

• Kamel, Ibrahim. 1987. Coptic funerary stelae. Catalogue général des antiquités du Musée copte Nos. 1-253. Cairo, no. 52 descr.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1363", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1363
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