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Artefact ID172
TM IDTM 143289
Findspot (DEChriM ID)15   (al-Baǧawāt)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Wagner 1999: 154 no. 24; SEG XLIX 2237 — Epitaph of Minach(-?)

Sandstone funerary stela, set in plaster of superstructure. Dimensions: 24 x 20 x 4 (cm?) thick.

Reads: Μιν|αχ (or Μηναχ; perhaps the name is abbreviated: Μιναχ( ) or Μηναχ(  )).

Another solution would be to read the name Mena followed by a cross (V. Ghica).

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Pit grave no. 80

Accession number


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1999. "Les stèles funéraires de Bagawat (Oasis de Khargeh)". Cahiers de recherches de lʼInstitut de papyrologie et dʼégyptologie de Lille 20, 149-156.

Additional bibliography

• Records of the Metropolitan Museum of Artʼs Excavations of the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Sites in the Kharga Oasis, The Metropolitan Museum Department of Medieval Art. No. 80, circa 1907-1908, Box 1, Folder 21.

Authors
Rhiannon Williams, 2021
Suggested citation
Rhiannon Williams, 2021, "Artefact ID 172", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/172
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