Artefact ID | 1334 |
TM ID | TM 120661 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 3 (Maʿbad Hībis) | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | I.Temple Hibis 41: Visitor's inscription Graffito on the exterior of the north wall, roughly scratched, reading: "Mouses the good servant of God". |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Dated 5th c. in ed. pr. Similar formulas in Šams al-Dīn should allow considering the end of 4th c. as possible date (see for instance I.Oasis p. 28 no. 6) (see Wagner 1987: 361). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | North wall of the temple, near the northwest angle. |
Accession number | Hibis temple, in situ. |