Artefact ID | 1322 |
TM ID | - |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 73 (Wādī Ḥaǧǧāǧ) | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | I.Wadi Hagga 170: Invocation Four lines of text in a majuscule mixing angular and round letters. The text reads: "Remember Lord and have mercy upon your servants Petros son of Kyriakos and Aspasia and Stephanos". Initial cross; nomen sacrum; kai abbreviated. |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography and onomastics (latest attestation of the name Aspasia in the papyrological record is in 4th c.) |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Rock III/302 |
Accession number | Wādī Ḥaǧǧāǧ, in situ. |