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Artefact ID1224
TM IDTM 957648
Findspot (DEChriM ID)43   (Biʾr al-ʿAyn)
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumGraffito
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Graffito in Coptic (A) commemorating in four lines the presence of Kalopokh (name unattested otherwise) the least, serving servant (sic, or servant of servants?) of God.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to500
Dating criteria

Use of Akhmimic (incl. Akhmimic hori)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Isolated rock of approx. H. 4 m x L. 5 x W. 3 m covered with graffiti, including a set of Christian graffiti (Greek and Coptic).

Accession number

Wādī Biʾr al-ʿAyn, in situ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bouriant, Urbain. 1889. "Notes de voyage." Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes 11: 147 middle column 5th from above [131-159].

Additional bibliography

• Kuhlmann, Klaus Peter. 1983. Materialien zur Archäologie und Geschichte des Raumes von Achmim, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Kairo. Sonderschrifte 11. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, Taf. 7 (showing the rock).

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1224", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1224
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