| Artefact ID | 698 |
| TM ID | TM 102986 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 15 (al-Baǧawāt) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
| Material | Plaster |
| Writing medium | Dipinto |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | I.Oasis p. 69 no. 11a; SEG XXXVIII 1708: Liturgical formula. On the western façade, painted in red on the plaster inside the arch, written in a fine uncial with apices: "Have mercy on me". Invocation found both in Psalm 50 and in the New Testament. On the eastern wall of the facade, in the same hand, see Cipriano 2003: 279. Inside the same chapel, see I.Oasis p. 69 no. 12 and I.Oasis p. 69 no. 13. |
| Selection criteria | Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Biblical quote or paraphrase, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Form, content and position make this dipinto likely to be part of the original chapel. Dated 5th c. by Cipriano 2003: 278 but the architectural type of the chapel might indicate an earlier date. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Chapel no. 53, one of the oldest square domed type (type 4), opening south (Fakhry 1951: 125). |
| Accession number | Al-Baǧawāt, in situ (Chapel no. 53 / Roquet, Ghica no. 28.01) |
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