Artefact ID | 674 |
TM ID | TM 34105 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 2 (Šams al-Dīn) | Class | Textual |
Material | Plaster |
Writing medium | Graffito |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | I.Oasis p. 38-39 no. 50; SB XX 14800; SEG XXXVIII 1777: Visitor's inscription. Four lines carefully engraved, reading: "Remember in this place, in the kathesterion, in the house of God, your servant Herakleides. One God, Jesus Christ, who helps the souls". A θεός was scratched off; "Jesus Christ" written ΙΗ ΧΡ (chrism). Important inscription since it gives the name of the room where the graffito was written: the kathesterion was some kind of guest room located at the entrance of the church. For a similar graffito, see I.Oasis p. 28-29, no. 7. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, 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, south wall, above the frieze and below I.Oasis p. 36-38, no. 49. |
Accession number | Šams al-Dīn, in situ |