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Artefact ID742
TM IDTM 34133
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumDipinto
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

I.Oasis p. 59-60 no. 1; SB XX 14843; SEG XXXVIII 1812

Dipinto painted in black. Height 5 cm.; width: 15 cm.; letters from 1 to 1,5 cm high.

Three lines written by "Mouses, son of Pahermes, Latopolites". Wagner notes that it is the first mention of the soldiers of Latopolis, the Equites sagittari indigenae, in Kysis. They are already known in Mounesis, see I.Oasis p. 43, no. 66.

The text is immediately followed by another one written in a different hand, see I.Oasis p. 60 no. 2.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Archaeological and historic context, see Wagner 1987: 355-358.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Dūš, temple, courtyard I, inside the first pylon, East wall, South corner, at man's height.

Accession number

Dūš, in situ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Wagner, Guy. 1987. Les oasis d'Égypte à l'époque grecque, romaine et byzantine d'après les documents grecs. Le Caire: Ifao, 59-60, no. 1.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 742", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/742
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