Artefact ID | 1361 |
TM ID | TM 142341 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Inscription |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | SEG XLVII 2150: Epitaph of Apollo or Ptolemaios. Limestone stela (dim. 30 x 15 cm); in the upper part a cross inside a circle. Under it, an inscription that is problematic because some letters were engraved upside down and the syntax is uncertain. Edited as Coptic in Brunsch 1991 but Greek after corrections by Hasitzka and Diethart 1997. |
Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 325 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Described as "early Byzantine" in SEG 47 2150; dated 325-499 in TM (after W. Clarysse). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Cairo, Coptic Museum K 286 |