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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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