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Artefact ID210
TM IDTM 143268
Findspot (DEChriM ID)15   (al-Baǧawāt)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Wagner 1999: 149-151, no. 1; SEG XLIX 2214 – Funerary stela dedicated to 'Thianilla' from the al-Baǧawāt necropolis, likely from one of the multitude of pit-graves. A crux ansata is incised in the top left corner.

 

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from301
Date to499
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

N/A

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

Wagner, G. 1999. Les stèles funéraires de Bagawat (Oasis de Khargeh).Cahier de recherches de l’Institut de papyrologie et d’egyptologie de Lille 20: 149-150 and fig. 1.

Authors
Rhiannon Williams, 2021
Suggested citation
Rhiannon Williams, 2021, "Artefact ID 210", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/210
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