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Artefact ID1346
TM IDTM 397746
Findspot (DEChriM ID)44   (al-Iskandariyya)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialPlaster
Writing mediumDipinto
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

SEG LIII 1944: Epitaph of Alexandros and Eusebios.

Text painted in red, in two columns after the first line which reads:

"May Lord remember those lying here | Alexandros, 8 years old, Phaophi -- | Eusebios 5 years old, Phamenoth 9".

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography: 4/5th c. although the ed. does not exclude 6th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

El-Gabbari, funerary chambers in the western necropolis: Grave II, Room 5; west wall, niche.

Accession number

Alexandria, El-Gabbari, excavations DAI 1974-1976, in situ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Henein, Heinz. 2003. "Dipinti aus der West-Nekropole Alexandrias." In Nécropolis 2, 2, ed. J.-Y. Empereur and M.-D. Nenna. Études alexandrines 7,  639-652 (no. 2: 640-641, with pl. 5).

Additional bibliography

• Chaniotis, A., Corsten, T., Stroud, R.S. and Tybout, R.A. 2003. “SEG 53-1943-1948. Alexandria (area of Gabbari). Christian epitaphs and acclamations (dipinti), 4th-6th cent. A.D.” In Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Current editors: A. T. E. N. Chaniotis Corsten Stavrianopolou Papazarkadas. Consulted online (2021).

• Corbier, Mireille (dir.). 2003 [2006]. Année épigraphique, 1842 a-c.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1346", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1346
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