4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1454
TM ID	TM 110470
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	44 (al-Iskandariyya)
Class	Textual
Material	Stone
Writing medium	Inscription
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	IGChrEg 39, CGC 8354: Funerary Epitaph for Achillas The funerary inscription ΤΥΒΙ ΚΑ ΕΚΟΙΜΗΘΗ ΑΧΙΛΛΑϹ, indicates Tybi 21st as the death day of the deceased named Achillas. The ed.pr. and others have argued for the possibility that this individual could be Achillas, 18th Patriarch of Alexandria, successor to Peter of Alexandria. He died six months after his appointment. Line 4 (initially not mentioned by Néroutsos 1887 and illegible for Crum 1902) was identified by Schmidt 1903 as being the remnant of an earlier inscription, written on its head in relation to the new inscription.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers
Date from	300
Date to	325
Dating criteria	Archaeology of the find site; Christian context.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Discovered 1879 in the hypogea of a Christian cemetery. Unearthed during the digging of the foundations for a mechanical cotton press factory, between the Bourse of Mīnā al-Baṣal (Cotton Stock Exchange) and the ruins of the old Church of Saint Athanasius erected by Pope Theonas (3rd c. CE), today the Attarine Mosque (al-ʿAṭṭārīn).
Accession number	Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 8354

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