| Artefact ID | 743 |
| TM ID | TM 34134 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 1 (Dūš) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Stone |
| Writing medium | Dipinto |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | I.Oasis p. 60 no. 2; SB XX 14844; SEG XXXVIII 1813: dipinto of the soldier Abraam Dipinto painted in black. Height 5 cm.; width: 17 cm.; letters from 0,7 to 1 cm high. Right under I.Oasis p. 59-60 no. 1 but in a different, smaller hand. Four lines written by "Abraam, hermonthites soldier of the Oasis --- and the five of us --- pray for me". According to ed.pr., Abraam was a soldier in the Legio II Valentiniana stationed in Hermonthis, part of a detachment sent to the Oasis Magna. Other soldiers from the same legio left their name in the area, like Psenesis in al-Baǧawāt (I.Oasis p. 68-69 no. 10) or Plenis, caballarius in Šams al-Dīn (I.Oasis p. 34, no. 40). |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Archaeological and historic context, see Wagner 1987: 355-358. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Dūš, temple, courtyard I, inside the first pylon, East wall, South corner, at man's height. |
| Accession number | Dūš, in situ. |
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