Artefact ID | 719 |
TM ID | - |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 15 (al-Baǧawāt) | Class | Funerary element, Textual |
Material | Plaster |
Writing medium | Dipinto |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | Cipriano 2003: 279: Mutilated inscription. On the eastern façade, painted in red on the plaster inside the arch, only a few letters are legible, written in a hand similar to I.Oasis p. 69 no. 11a. On the western façade of the same chapel: I.Oasis p. 69 no. 11a. Inside the same chapel, see I.Oasis p. 69 no. 11a and I.Oasis p. 69 no. 13. |
Selection criteria | 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). |