FRAGMENT OF AN OPISTOGRAPHIC SLAB FROM TELL FARAMA (PELUSIUM)
FRAGMENT OF AN OPISTOGRAPHIC SLAB FROM TELL FARAMA (PELUSIUM)

Summary/Abstract: Since 2004 a Polish-Egyptian mission has carried out excavations on the site of Tell Farama (ancient Pelusium). The work of the first two seasons (2004, 2005) brought to light remains of a theatre, apparently of the 2nd century AD, situated in the south part of the tell. In the third season (2006), the mission excavated the remains of a private house lying to the north-east of the theatre. The house was most probably built in the 4th century AD. One of the rooms of the house had a floor decorated with a mosaic with geometric and figural patterns, including birds. In the levelling layer of the mosaic, among the material prior to the 4th century AD, an interesting epigraphic find was made. It is a fragment of a limestone slab or plaque inscribed on both faces. The stone is broken on all sides, the surface of side II is damaged in the upper part. The original dimensions of the object are difficult to ascertain. In its present state, it measures 32 cm in height and 18 cm in width.

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