Artefact ID | 618 |
TM ID | TM 34060 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 2 (Šams al-Dīn) | Class | Textual |
Material | Plaster |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | I.Oasis p. 28, no. 6; SB XX 14755; SEG XXXVIII 1731: Visitor's inscriptions. Two intertwined ink graffiti written in very small size letters in an elegant 4th c. cursive. a. two lines written by "Origenes, servant of Jesus Christ" (nomina sacra). b. written by Moises, who added his name in between the two lines. |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Nomina sacra |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography and archaeological context (Wagner 1987: 27 and 182). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Church, kathesterion, west wall, left side of the niche, above I.Oasis p. 28, no. 5. |
Accession number | Šams al-Dīn, in situ |