Artefact ID | 1381 |
TM ID | - |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 6 (ʿAyn Ǧallāl) | Class | Ornamental element |
Material | Plaster |
Description | Crux ansata painted in dark red on a tank/font located in the northern sector of ʿAyn Ǧallāl, in a room that might have functioned as a baptistery. |
Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers |
Date from | 324 |
Date to | 418 |
Dating criteria | Radiocarbon date of one of the walls of the church in the northern sector. |
Absolute/relative date | Absolute date |
Archaeological context | The tank/font was excavated during one of the SCA's seasons on the site, between 1994-1996 and 2001. In good state of preservation in 2007, it was subsequently vandalised. |
Accession number | ʿAyn Ǧallāl, in situ. |