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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Griffith's cemetery 6, tomb 14
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
lamp
Technique
casting
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
Greek
Content
name of saint Theopiste
Date
500–799
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on round lamp running around central panel surrounding feed-hole
Decorative elements
a kind of rosette around feed-hole
State of preservation
object complete; inscription complete
Date
500–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 58.2
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 61.4
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, pp. 76, 108, pls. 58.2, 61.4
Other editions
 
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 281 (no. 4); 4, pl. 181.2
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