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Artefact ID630
TM IDTM 34089
Findspot (DEChriM ID)2   (Šams al-Dīn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPlaster
Writing mediumGraffito
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

I.Oasis p. 33-34, no. 35; SB XX 14784; SEG XVI 1788: Visitor's inscription.

"Good luck to Paulos and to (or "son of") Apollos".

Under the graffito, drawing of two crosses (crux ansata) framing a praying figure. Under the crosses, two chrisms; on the right side, two stylized twigs.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Church, kathesterion, North wall, under the frieze, on the left side.

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, 33-34, no. 35.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 630", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/630
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