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Artefact ID671
TM IDTM 34101
Findspot (DEChriM ID)2   (Šams al-Dīn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPlaster
Writing mediumGraffito
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

I.Oasis p. 36 no. 46; SB XX 14796; SEG XXXVIII 1773: Visitor's inscription.

Four lines, inside the frieze: "Biktor, servant of Jesus Christ".

One of several graffiti written in a similar cursive in the red frieze of this wall of the kathesterion: Eupator of no. 44, Biktor of no. 46 and Paulos of no. 47 are probably Christian soldiers belonging to one same military detachment.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Church, kathesterion, South-east wall, in the red frieze.

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, 36, no. 46.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 671", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/671
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