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ARTEFACT IDENTIFIERS

Artefact ID1071
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)54   (Kūm al-Aḥmar Sawāris)
ClassDomestic object
MaterialCeramic
Description

Lamp with crux ansata found at al-Kūm al-Aḥmar Sawāris.
Selection criteriaArchaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from301
Date to500
Dating criteria

Parallels (Bailey 1988, 260 and pl. 48 – type Q2144).
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Cemetery of al-Kūm al-Aḥmar Sawāris; no further details are known.
Accession number

Unknown
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography

• Huber, Béatrice. 2018. "The early Christian cemeteries of Qarara and Sharuna, Middle Egypt." In Death and Burial in the Near Eastfrom Roman to Islamic Times. Research in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, edited by C. Eger and M. Mackensen. Wiesbaden, 222, fig. 10.

Additional bibliography

• Bailey, D. M. 1988. A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum. III Roman Provincial Lamps. London.

Authors
Victor Ghica, 2022
Suggested citation
Victor Ghica, 2022, "Artefact ID 1071", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1071
External links
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© B. Huber, 2018

DEChriM has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 819368 ― ERC-2018-COG).

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