| Artefact ID | 1421 |
| TM ID | TM 81575 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 43 (Biʾr al-ʿAyn) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Stone |
| Writing medium | Graffito |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | I.Pan du désert 12; SB I 147: Visitor's inscription Signature left by the monk Apollonios [Bernand: Apollōn], in two lines: "Apolone mounachos", under which the drawing of a human figure looking to the right, with very little hair on his head and wearing a long tunic (see reproduction in Bouriant 1889: 148). Text of h. 4 cm x l. 13 cm. |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography and association with Coptic (A) graffiti |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Isolated rock of approx. H. 4 m x L. 5 x W. 3 m covered with graffiti, including a set of Ptolemaic graffiti related to hunting activities and a set of Christian graffiti (Greek and Coptic). At the extremity of the rock, on the North side, at 1.55 m from the ground. |
| Accession number | Wādī Biʾr al-ʿAyn, in situ. |
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