Artefact ID | 630 |
TM ID | TM 34089 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 2 (Šams al-Dīn) | Class | Textual |
Material | Plaster |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | I.Oasis p. 33-34, no. 35; SB XX 14784; SEG XVI 1788: Visitor's inscription. "Good luck to Paulos and to (or "son of") Apollos". Under the graffito, drawing of two crosses (crux ansata) framing a praying figure. Under the crosses, two chrisms; on the right side, two stylized twigs. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography and archaeological context (Wagner 1987: 27 and 182). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Church, kathesterion, North wall, under the frieze, on the left side. |
Accession number | Šams al-Dīn, in situ |