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Artefact ID1303
TM IDTM 32599
Findspot (DEChriM ID)74   (Ǧabal al-Ṭayr)
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumGraffito
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
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 criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Nomina sacra
Date from350
Date to499
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 dateRelative 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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Wagner, Guy. 1984. In Les graffites du Gebel Teir, D. Devauchelle and G. Wagner. Cairo, 15 with pl. XVI. 

Editio princeps

• Pleket, H.W. and Stroud, R.S. 1976. “SEG 26-1774-1782. Khargeh Oasis (Gebel Teir). Graffiti, Roman and Byzantine period.” In Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Current editors: A. T. E. N. Chaniotis Corsten Stavrianopolou Papazarkadas. Consulted online on 15 July 2021.

• Wagner, Guy. 1976. “Inscriptions et graffiti grecs inédits de la Grande Oasis (rapport préliminaire, Khargeh et Dakhleh, mars et juin 1975).” Bulletin de lʼInstitut français dʼarchéologie orientale 76, p. 285 [12904].

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 1303", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1303
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