| Artefact ID | 628 |
| TM ID | TM 34085 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 2 (Šams al-Dīn) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Plaster |
| Writing medium | Graffito |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | I.Oasis p. 32-33, no. 31; SB XX 14780; SEG 26 1790; SEG XXXVIII 1756: Visitor's inscription. "Paulos, Klaros soldiers of Apollonos Ano. "Jesus Christ" abbreviated ΙΗ ΧΡ (chrism). Under l. 1-2, on the right side of l. 3-5, in the middle of the wall, two praying figures are drawn. Other soldiers from Apollonos Ano/Edfu left inscriptions in the corridor leading to the church (see I.Oasis p. 36-38, no. 49 and no. 61), soldiers from the Secunda Traiana according to Notitia, Or. XXXI 34.
Add. I.Oasis p. 44, no. 31a: One more line, above no. 31, reading "Paulos, servant of Jesus Christ". Probably the same soldier from Apollonos Ano. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| 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, inside the niche. |
| Accession number | Šams al-Dīn, in situ |
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