| Artefact ID | 1201 |
| TM ID | - |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 58 (Dayr al-ʿIẓām) | Class | Cooking/table/transport/storage ware |
| Material | Ceramic |
| Description | Fragment of a ceramic object made of North African Red Slip Ware. It is decorated with three figures, more or less fragmentary, the one in the centre being a youthful beardless Christ, as suggested by a Latin inscription above the figures, which reads (Do)m(i)nus Cristu(s). The scene is a depiction of the traditio legis and, as such, is datable between the mid-fourth century and the mid-fifth century. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 430 |
| Dating criteria | Chronology of depictions of traditio legis (Rasmussen 2001: 22). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Ǧabal Asyūṭ al-Ġarbī, tomb III (Asyut Project no. N12.1) |
| Accession number | S05/003 |
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