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Artefact ID215
TM IDTM 143276
Findspot (DEChriM ID)15   (al-Baǧawāt)
ClassFunerary element, Textual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumInscription
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Wagner 1999: 153, no. 11; SEG XLIX 2224 – Funerary stela with an epitaph dedicated to 'Lapis' or '[Pi]lapis'. From the al-Baǧawāt necropolis, likely from one of the multitude of pit-graves. Dimensions: 31 x 26cm, height of the letters c. 5cm.

One Pilapis is attested in O.Douch III 349, 5 (list of names).

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from301
Date to499
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, G. 1999. Les stèles funéraires de Bagawat (Oasis de Khargeh).” Cahier de recherches de l’Institut de papyrologie et d’égyptologie de Lille 20: 153 and fig. 1.

Authors
Rhiannon Williams, 2021
Suggested citation
Rhiannon Williams, 2021, "Artefact ID 215", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/215
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