In the Bosoms of Abraham
A Christian Epitaph from Nubia in the Brooklyn Museum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6013601 |
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| Authors | Michael Zellmann-Rohrer (0000-0002-5200-8480, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 0 |
| Issue | 0 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dotawo A Journal of Nubian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2373-2571 • E-ISSN: 2373-2571 |
| Publisher | California Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5070/d60060887 |
| OpenAlex | W4382195306 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
First edition of a Christian epitaph in Greek of a woman, Timothea, brought by Henry J. Anderson to the United States in 1848 and now in the Brooklyn Museum. Analysis of the form and text of the monument allows its epigraphic context to be reconstructed, as part of a dispersed funerary assemblage of northern Nubia, including a distinctive textual formula wishing the deceased repose in the “bosoms of Abraham
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Assemblage (archaeology · Context (archaeology · Epigraphy · Epitaph · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · History
| Highly cited | No |
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