| Artefact ID | 159 |
| TM ID | - |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 15 (al-Baǧawāt) | Class | Funerary element, Garment/adornment/accessories |
| Material | Wool, Linen |
| Description | Remnants of a head covering with four cruces ansatae. Dimensions: L. 44 7/8 in. (114 cm) |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers |
| Date from | 301 |
| Date to | 400 |
| Dating criteria | Archaeological context; weaving technique (Kajitani 2006: 98). The totality of the funerary material coming from the chapel Fakhry no. 211 – which seems to belong to one single primary burial – is datable to the 4th c. The 70 or so glass vases embedded in the dome of the funerary chamber are equally dated to the 4th c., probably to the period 300-370 (Nenna 2010: 204). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Funerary chapel, Tomb XCVIII (= Fakhry no. 211). Same context as artefact 161 and artefact 163. According to Kajitani 2006: 98, the textiles associated with this chapel were found inside a sarcophagus. However, the excavators' notes mention in the funerary pit of this chapel only a wooden sarcophagus, which was empty (https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll10/id/507/rec/12). |
| Accession number | New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 33.10.46 |
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