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Artefact ID629
TM IDTM 34086
Findspot (DEChriM ID)2   (Šams al-Dīn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPlaster
Writing mediumGraffito
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

I.Oasis p. 33, no. 32; SB XX 14781; SEG XVI 179: Visitor's inscription.
"Makarios son of Theodoros. Good luck. (May God) help Strates son of Pachoumis of (the legion of) Apollonopolis Ano".

About the soldiers from Edfu, see also I.Oasis p. 32-33, no. 31.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography and archaeological context (Wagner 1987: 27 and 182).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Church, kathesterion, North wall, above the frieze, on the left side.

Accession number

Šams al-Dīn, in situ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1987. Les oasis d'Egypte à l'époque grecque, romaine et byzantine d'après les documents grecs. Le Caire: Ifao, 33, no. 32.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 629", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/629
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