| Artefact ID | 1222 |
| TM ID | TM 92862 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 25 (Aḫmīm) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
| Material | Wood |
| Writing medium | Label, Tablet |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | Large wooden mummy label (Lewis, 1936) or small commemorative stela (Delattre and Worp, 2012: 94). The text is engraved in the wood in square majuscule for a caulker by the name of Lampos from Abū Tīǧ (tapouchk), who died on a Epêph 8th (July 2nd). From the mention of his place of origin ("man from Abū Tīǧ"), one might infer that Lampos would have died and been buried elsewhere, perhaps at Aḫmīm. The text is in Sahidic Coptic: "Lampos, the inhabitant of Abū Tīǧ, caulker, has taken repose on the eighth of Epeiph. O Lord, have mercy unto him". Initial serifed cross and four simple crosses at the end. The object measures 25.5 x 12.7 x 2.7 cm. Its size led Delattre and Worp (2012: 94) to identify it as a funerary stela, but in such case the holes are not explainable. |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Coptic language |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography, form. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Said to have been bought at Aḫmīm in 1893 by Robert Forrer. |
| Accession number | Montreal, McGill University, MS NO Coptic 4. Previously in the private collection of Robert Forrer, Strasbourg; no number known. |
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