Artefact ID | 1329 |
TM ID | TM 104532 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 63 (Apa Phoibammon in the Rock) | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Archive/Dossier | Dossier |
Description | I.Mon.Phoeb. 3; SEG XXIV 1219; SB X 10709 b: Drawing. Drawing of an eagle, with a legend, signed by Horion neoteros. The eagle was a pagan symbol of immortality before being taken over by Christians. Part of the bilingual dossier of Horion neoteros, see I.Mon.Phoeb. 1 and Delattre and Worp 2012. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Part of the dossier of Horion neoteros, dated 4th c. in Delattre and Worp 2012, following the date given in ed.pr. by Rémondon. More recently Wipszycka has questioned the unity of the dossier, which is impossible to verify without any images (see Wipszycka 2009: 182-183, n. 49). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Circular Cliff: North Side. Mural no. 3. |
Accession number | Thebes, monastery of Apa Phoibammon, in situ. |