| Artefact ID | 712 |
| TM ID | TM 34137 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 15 (al-Baǧawāt) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Plaster |
| Writing medium | Graffito |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | I.Oasis p. 64 no. 3; SB XX 14850; SEG XXXVIII 1699: Visitor's inscription. Three lines left by Kyros, son of Athanasios, "most humble sinner", praying for god's help for him and for Esdra for the "last journey". The inscription is dated March 14, indiction 6. Kyros left another inscription later, when his father was dead, where we learn that he comes from Hibis, see I.Oasis p. 66 no. 7. Nine other inscription of his at al-Baǧawāt are yet to be published (Roquet, Ghica nos. 3.016, 3.043, 3.098, 6.3, 6.1, 6.6, 12.04, 12.06, 31.064). Wagner suggests that Esdra could be the same as the priest who left graffiti in the nearby Ǧabal al-Ṭayr, see I.Gebel Teir, p. 15 no. I, 6 and I.Gebel Teir, p. 19 no. I, 16. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra, Archaeological context associated with Christian markers |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography and dossier connection. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Acc. to Fakhry 1951: 137, chapel no. 90 is one of the largest and best-preserved ones in the necropolis and it is the most conspicuous in that part of it. All the walls of this chapel, in the interior and at the exterior were covered with a layer of white plaster but no paintings are noticed. |
| Accession number | Al-Baǧawāt, in situ (Chapel no. 90 / Roquet, Ghica no. 6.06) |
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