Description:
Sandstone
block, partly buried (w:
0.50 x h:
0.29).
Text: Incised on a surface that is badly abraded.
Letters: Perhaps fifth century CE: 0.09, very worn; lunate sigma.
Date: Perhaps fifth century CE
Findspot:
Taucheira:
Byzantine 'fortress', reused in the South wall;
found in 1968.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
Commentary
Perhaps a reference to the prophet Elias, but a person named for him is also possible.
Bibliography: Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003, 223.b, whence SEG 53.2071.3
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).