Artefact ID | 1303 |
TM ID | TM 32599 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 74 (Ǧabal al-Ṭayr) | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | I.Gebel Teir, p. 19 no. I, 16; SB XVI 12904; SEG XXVI 1782: Visitor's inscription. Four lines of text with an invocation to Jesus Christ (abbreviated with supralinear stroke) asking for help for Esdra, priest, of (the topos/monastery of [V. Ghica]) Apa Papnouthios. According to ed. pr., it could be the same person who appears in I.Gebel Teir, p. 15 no. I, 6 and, not far away, in I.Oasis p. 64 no. 3. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Nomina sacra |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Dated to "Byzantine period" in ed., but the name Esdra is so rare that it is most likely the same person as in I.Oasis p. 64 no. 3. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Zone 1 = at the entrance of the wādī, in a shelter in the eastern side. |
Accession number | Ǧabal al-Ṭayr, in situ. |