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Artefact ID	613
TM ID	TM 748615
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	19 (Biʾr Šawīš)
Class	Cooking/table/transport/storage ware, Textual
Material	Ceramic
Writing medium	Graffito
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	I.BirShawish 8; SEG LXIII 1659: Jug with χμβ. One-handled water jar or pitcher; incised after firing, over the shoulder of the jug; rough execution. Possible isopsephisms (an error for χμγ = θεὸς βοηθός?) and acronyms (Χριστός, Μαρία βοηθοί; Χριστός, Μαρία βοηθεῖτε?)
Selection criteria	Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Archaeological context (House 3).
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	House 3, Room 11W, SU 5
Accession number	El-Bawiti, Museum number unknown; Biʾr Šawīš, excavation no. 243/BS/07

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Dospěl, Marek. 2020. Ostraka and Other Inscribed Material from Bīr Shawīsh, Small Oasis. Excavation Seasons 2005 and 2007. Ann Arbor: The American Society of Papyrologists, 115-117, no. 8.

First publication

• Dospěl, Marek. 2013. "Written, Inscribed and SomeDecrated Material from Bir Shawish, El-Hayz Oasis." In Bahriya Oasis; Recent Research into the Past of an Egyptian Oasis edited by M. Dospěl and L. Siková. Prague, 99-101.

Additional bibliography

• Delattre, A., J. Dijkstra and J. van der Vliet. 2014. "Christian Inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia 1." Bulletin of American Society of Papyrologists 51, 210.

Authors

Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021

Suggested citation

Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 613", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/613

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