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Artefact ID621
TM IDTM 34065
Findspot (DEChriM ID)2   (Šams al-Dīn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPlaster
Writing mediumGraffito
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

I.Oasis p. 29, no. 11; SB XX 14760; SEG XXXVIII 1736: Visitor's inscription.

Reading: "Fl. Makarios, soldier of the Mauri Scutarii, found peace in Monesis". Wagner suggests that the expression ἔλαβεν τὴν εἰρήνην means that Makarios found the peace of Christ and alludes to a conversion.

Wagner notes that the Notitia Dignitatum XXXI, 23 testifies of the presence of one cuneus equitum Maurorum Scutatorium in Lycopolis. Assiut was at the starting point of a caravan track leading to Kharga.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography and archaeological context (Wagner 1987: 27 and 182).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Church, kathesterion, west wall, left side of the niche, in the continuity of I.Oasis p. 28, no. 5.

Accession number

Šams al-Dīn, in situ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1987. Les oasis d'Egypte à l'époque grecque, romaine et byzantine d'après les documents grecs. Le Caire: Ifao, 29, no. 11.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 621", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/621
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