Artefact ID | 671 |
TM ID | TM 34101 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 2 (Šams al-Dīn) | Class | Textual |
Material | Plaster |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
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 criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
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, South-east wall, in the red frieze. |
Accession number | Šams al-Dīn, in situ |