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Artefact ID1107
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)47   (Saqqāra (North))
ClassDomestic object
MaterialCeramic
Description

Late form of a Loeschcke Type VIII lamp with crux monogrammatica found in North Saqqara. Probably produced in Alexandria (Bailey 2001, p. 120, 128).

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from380
Date to400
Dating criteria

Typology

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society on the site of the Sacred Animal Necropolis and the Monastery of Apa Antinos in North Saqqāra in 1964-1976. Sector 9, Grid 7/10 - O

Accession number

SCA magazine at Saqqara, 75/6-90 (6464)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Bailey, D. 2001. “Lamps from the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara and the Monastery of Apa Antinos.” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 87: 128, pl. 18, n° 18.

Authors
Julie Monchamp, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Julie Monchamp, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 1107", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1107
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