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Artefact ID214
TM IDTM 143275
Findspot (DEChriM ID)15   (al-Baǧawāt)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Wagner 1999: 151, no. 10; SEG XLIX 2223 – Funerary stela with an epitaph dedicated to 'Isak'. From the al-Baǧawāt necropolis, likely from one of the multitude of pit-graves. Dimensions: 33 x 22cm, height of the letters c. 7-8cm.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
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: 153 and fig. 1

Authors
Rhiannon Williams, 2021
Suggested citation
Rhiannon Williams, 2021, "Artefact ID 214", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/214
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