| Artefact ID | 720 |
| TM ID | - |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 15 (al-Baǧawāt) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
| Material | Plaster |
| Writing medium | Dipinto |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | Painted scene showing the sacrifice of Isak with Greek labels On the North wall of the chapel, is depicted Abraham standing with one hand over the head of his son Isak and the other one holding a knife (Fakhry 1951: 87). Over their heads are written their names, Ἀβρααμ and Ἰσακ, written in red, in an angular majuscule (except for the final μ which is looser) similar to the one found in the dome of the Chapel of peace and to the acclamation and prayer in Chapel 53. The sacrifice of Isak is also depicted in the Chapel of peace and in the Chapel of Exodus. On the left of this scene, there is a shrub, painted in red, with the label βισωρ (about which see Cipriano 2003: 182 and n. 44) or [A]βισωρ (De Bock 1901: 19, after G. Schweinfurth). |
| Selection criteria | Biblical quote or paraphrase |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 450 |
| Dating criteria | Cipriano suggested a date between the end of the 4th c. and the beginning of the 5th c. for the execution of the paintings in Chapel 25, on the basis of a stylistic analysis of the rich iconography of the chapel and more specifically of the Sacrifice of Abraham (Cipriano 2003: 193). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Al-Baǧawāt necropolis, Chapel no. 25, North wall. Chapel 25 is part of a group, with no. 23 and 24, belonging to one family and forming the most conspicuous building. They are by far the largest and most important of all the chapels and are the centre of them all (Fakhry 1951: 116). |
| Accession number | Al-Baǧawāt, in situ (Chapel no. 25) |
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