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Artefact ID216
TM IDTM 143277
Findspot (DEChriM ID)15   (al-Baǧawāt)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Wagner 1999: 153, no. 12; SEG XLIX 2225 – Funerary stela with an epitaph dedicated to 'Theophilia'. From the al-Baǧawāt necropolis, likely from one of the multitude of pit-graves. Depiction of a crux ansata at the end of the dedication. Dimensions: 40 x 30cm, height of the letters c. 3-4cm.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Christian 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: 153 and fig. 1.

Authors
Rhiannon Williams, 2021
Suggested citation
Rhiannon Williams, 2021, "Artefact ID 216", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/216
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