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Artefact ID	1456
TM ID	TM 102272
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Stone
Writing medium	Inscription
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	IGChrEg 70, CGC 9282: Funerary Epitaph for Zenodora A large part of the stone’s right top corner was broken off diagonally, leaving only the last 7 lines of the 22-line stele intact. The inscription measures 52 x 38 cm, with a thickness of 8 cm, and the letters are noted to be 11-17 mm in height. It is dedicated to the deceased Zenodora, originally born in Antioch, who was the wife of an ordinarius Helias in the legio V Macedonica, stationed at Memphis (the legion is also mentioned in BGU 3 899, see Zuckermann 1988 for more). The inscription ends with the formula μὴ λυποῦ, Ζηνοδώρα· οὐδ<ε>ὶς γὰρ ἀθάνατος ἐν κόσμῳ το(ύτῳ) (“do not grieve, Zenodora: nobody is immortal in this world”).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Cagnat/Besnier 1903 date the inscription to the 5th c., Milne 1905 and Lefebvre 1907 place it in the 4th c. The mentioned legio V Macedonica is presumed to have arrived in Egypt under Galerius at the end of the 3rd c. (293/294, see Zuckermann 1988).
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	The inscription was housed in the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, then at Giza, when first transcribed by de Ricci 1902. He stated the stele might have originated in Saqqāra.
Accession number	Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 9282

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Milne, Joseph Grafton. 1905. Greek Inscriptions. Catalogue Général des Antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire (CGC). Nos. 9201-9400, 26001-26123, 33001-33037. Oxford: University Press. 77, No. 9282.

Additional bibliography
• de Ricci, Seymour. 1902. “Bessarione, Publicazione periodica di studi Orientali. Rome, 1896–1901. Neuf volumes in-8°.” Revue Archéologique (Rev. Arch.) 41. 141-152: 144-145.
• Cagnat, René and Maurice Besnier. 1902. “Revue des Publications Épigraphiques relatives à l’Antiquité Romaine: Juillet-Décembre.” Revue Archéologique (Rev. Arch.) 41. 432-462: 454-455, No. 229.
• Cagnat, René and Maurice Besnier. 1903. “Juillet-Decembre. Périodiques.” L’Année épigraphique. Année 1902. 38-65: 60-61, No. 229.
• de Ricci, Seymour. 1903. “Bulletin épigraphique de l’Egypte romaine II. Inscriptions grecques (1896–1902).” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 2: 561-571. 570 no. 147.
• Lefebvre, Gustave. 1907. Recueil des Inscriptions Grecques-Chrétiennes d’Egypte. Cairo: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. 16-17, No. 70.
• Zuckermann, Constantin. 1988. “Legio V in Macedonia in Egypt. CPL 199 Revisited.” Tyche. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 8. 279-287: 281.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1456", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1456

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External links

TM 102272 PHI – Cairo Mus. 77,9282 (ed. Milne) PHI – IGChrEg 70 (ed. Lefebvre)

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