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Artefact ID715
TM IDTM 143291
Findspot (DEChriM ID)15   (al-Baǧawāt)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Wagner 1999: 155, no. 27; SEG XLIX 2240: Funerary stela

Stela dedicated to P-Herakles, son of Eus, with a crux ansata.

25 x 25 cm. Letters 5 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, Guy. 1999. "Les stèles funéraires de Bagawat (Oasis de Khargeh)". Cahiers de recherches de l'Institut de papyrologie et d'égyptologie de Lille 20, 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,
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, , "Artefact ID 715", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/715
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