| Artefact ID | 1451 |
| TM ID | TM 119950 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 44 (al-Iskandariyya) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Stone |
| Writing medium | Inscription |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | IGChrEg 21: Funerary Epitaph for Theodota |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers |
| Date from | 225 |
| Date to | 275 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography (?); Néroutsos-Bey 1888, 78: «L’écriture était de l’époque de Gordien le jeune, du milieu du IIIe siècle». In terms of the archaeology of the find site, inscriptions nearby have been dated to the 4th c. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Discovered in Mīnā al-Baṣal, in the west of al-Qabbārī, in 1876. IGChrEg 19 and IGChrEg 20 were located in a crypt closeby. |
| Accession number | Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum 11706 |
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