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Artefact ID1381
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)6   (ʿAyn Ǧallāl)
ClassOrnamental element
MaterialPlaster
Description

Crux ansata painted in dark red on a tank/font located in the northern sector of ʿAyn Ǧallāl, in a room that might have functioned as a baptistery.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from324
Date to418
Dating criteria

Radiocarbon date of one of the walls of the church in the northern sector.

Absolute/relative dateAbsolute date
Archaeological context

The tank/font was excavated during one of the SCA's seasons on the site, between 1994-1996 and 2001. In good state of preservation in 2007, it was subsequently vandalised.

Accession number

ʿAyn Ǧallāl, in situ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ghica, V. 2012. “Pour une histoire du christianisme dans le désert occidental d’Égypte.” Journal des savants 2: 208-209 and fig. 7.  

Authors
Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 1381", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1381
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