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Artefact ID714
TM IDTM 143290
Findspot (DEChriM ID)15   (al-Baǧawāt)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Wagner 1999: 154-155, no. 25; SEG XLIX 2238: Funerary stela

The stela is dedicated to Nepos, who died at 50 years old. There is a crux ansata at the bottom.
30 x 20 cm. Letters 5-7 cm high.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria-
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

-

Accession number

El-Kharga, New Valley Museum Kharga number unknown

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: 154-155.

Additional bibliography

• Chaniotis, A., Pleket, H.W., Stroud, R.S. and Strubbe, J.H.M., “SEG 49-2214-2247. Khargeh Oasis. Bagawat. Epitaphs, 4th/5th cent. A.D.” In Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Current editors: A. T. E. N. Chaniotis Corsten Stavrianopolou Papazarkadas. Consulted online (2021).

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 714", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/714
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