| Artefact ID | 1452 |
| TM ID | TM 102792 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 44 (al-Iskandariyya) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Stone |
| Writing medium | Inscription |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | IGChrEg 22: Funerary Epitaph for Joseph |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 325 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography; «commencement du IVe siècle» (Lefebvre 1907), since dating by indiction was only introduced starting with the reign of Constantine I (line 5 = ινδ[ικτιωνος] η) |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Discovered 1879 in the hypogea of a Christian cemetery. Unearthed during the digging of the foundations for a mechanical cotton press factory, between the Bourse of Mīnā al-Baṣal (Cotton Stock Exchange) and the ruins of the old Church of Saint Athanasius erected by Pope Theonas (3rd c. CE), today the Attarine Mosque (al-ʿAṭṭārīn). |
| Accession number | Cairo, Egyptian Museum number unknown |
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