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Provenance: el-Ramal
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery A
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6823

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of unidentified person
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 30; W: 23
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Text colour
Lines: 15
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Description
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State of preservation

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ϫⲟ[ⲩⲧ ---] ⲙⲡⲁⲩ̣ⲛ̣ⲉ̣
Transcription: "twenty-[.....] of (the month of) Payni" (ll. 7–8)
Months: ⲡⲁⲩ̣ⲛ̣ⲉ̣
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Latest edition: I. Mina 79
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 137; Richter 2013, p. 136

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Provenance: Tamit
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: N cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6824

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph of unidentified woman
Date: 29 August 754–29 August 755
Notes: I. Mina gives Gindinarri as provenance; comparing photograph in Mina and tracing in Monneret de Villard 1935–57 its actual provenance was established as Tamit
CSBE(2), p. 75, lists this tombstone as two separate objects
year 471 from Diocletian was a leap year, ending on 29 August

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 24; W: 26
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Lines: 8
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State of preservation: only lower part preserved

Date: 29 August 754–29 August 755
Chronological systems: Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲉⲧⲩⲥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧ̣[ⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ] ⲩⲟⲁ

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription: "(in the) year from Diocletian 471" (ll. 1–2)
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Source: I. Mina 80, pl. III.1
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Source: Monneret de Villard 1935–57, fig. 151
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Latest edition: I. Mina 80, pl. III.1
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 166, fig. 151; CSBE(2), p. 75; CSCN, table 10a on p. 61 with n. 53

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Provenance: Sakinya
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6827

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph of unidentified person
Date: 700–999
Notes: I. Mina, commentary: '18' enclosed in a circle

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 17.5; W: 19.5
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Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters

Description
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State of preservation: lower part preserved

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: [--- ⲡⲁ]ⲱⲡⲉ ⲓ̈ⲏ
Transcription: "Phaophi 18" (ll. 1–2)
Months: ]ⲱⲡⲉ
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Latest edition: I. Mina 83
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 683 (no. 1); Richter 2013, p. 136

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Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: in debris in Church I
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6830

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 11; W:13
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Object colour
Text colour: letters emphasized (?) in red
Lines: 4
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Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation: small fragment of lower part preserved

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲡⲁ[ϣ]ⲟⲛ̄︤ⲥ̄
Transcription: "[...] Pachon" (ll. 2–3)
Months: ⲡⲁ[ϣ]ⲟⲛ̄︤ⲥ̄
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Latest edition: I. Mina 86
Other editions: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 178

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Provenance: Sakinya
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6831

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of stela
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 12.5; W: 9
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Text colour
Lines: 4
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Description
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Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛ̣ⲓ[---] ⲓ̈ⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧ[---]
Transcription: "in the month [...] in the [...] indiction" (ll. 2–3)
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Latest edition: I. Mina 87
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Provenance: Sakinya
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6832

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek/Coptic
Content: epitaph of Elisabeth (?), daughter of Chreste (?)
Date: 30 September 858
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Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 25.5; W: 17
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Lines: 13
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Date: 30 September 858
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲕⲗ/ ⲫⲟⲉ̣
[ⲫⲁ]ⲱⲫ ⲅ

(month read by Van der Vliet 2011, pp. 214–15)
Transcription: "(in the year) from Diocletian 575" (l. 1)
"Phaophi 3" (l. 11)
Months: ]ⲱⲫ
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Latest edition: I. Mina 88
Other editions

Other publications: CSBE(2), p. 77; van der Vliet 2011a, pp. 214–15 (on ll. 7–11: name and date); CSCN, table 11 on p. 71; NOM 2, no. 8 (reedition of ll. 7–11: names); CIEN 7, no. 36

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Provenance: el-Ramal
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery A
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6744

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of Mena, priest
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 30; W: 17.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 19
Height of letters

Description: roughly rectangular slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲑⲟⲟⲩⲑ ⲓⲃ
Transcription: "Thoth 12" (l. 10)
Months: ⲑⲟⲟⲩⲑ
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Offices & titles: priest (ⲡⲣ︦ⲥ︦): l. 8

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Source: Monneret de Villard 1935–57, fig. on p. 135
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Latest edition: I. Mina 89
Other editions: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 135 (+ fig.)

Other publications: Till 1948, p. 358; Roquet 1977, n. 1 on p. 167

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Provenance: Tamit
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: N cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6743

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of Gregorios and Mariham
Date: 700–999
Notes: I. Mina gives wrong findspot as Gindinarri (see Monneret de Villard 1935–57, pp. 166–7); under inventory no. 6743 Brunsh 1995 mistakenly classifies another stela, epitaph of Keudonia (DBMNT 387)

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 35; W: 29
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 18
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, but in lower right corner hardly legible

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲯⲓⲥ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲛ̄ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲉ
Transcription: "on day twenty-nine of the month of Phaophi" (ll. 6–7)
Months: ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲉ
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Source: Monneret de Villard 1935–57, fig. 153
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Latest edition: I. Mina 90
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 166, fig. 153; Richter 2013, p. 136

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Provenance: Sakinya
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6742

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of Maria
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 28.5; W: 25
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Lines: 13
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Description
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Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲥⲟⲩ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲛⲁⲑⲱⲣ
Transcription: "day two of (the month of) Athyr" (l. 5)
Months: ⲁⲑⲱⲣ
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Latest edition: I. Mina 91
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Other publications: Richter 2013, p. 136

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Provenance: Sakinya
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 6741

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek/Coptic
Content: two epitaphs of the same person (?) - Elisabet - on two sides of stela - one in Greek, other in Coptic
Date: 700–999
Notes: Till 1948 reconstructs last numeral as 19, but 24 is nearly certain; 2 letters before this numeral are unidentifiable

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 29; W: 18.5
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Object colour
Text colour
Lines: i: 6 (Greek); ii: 15 (Coptic)
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Description: roughly rectangular slab; texts on two opposite sides of stone
Decorative elements
State of preservation: looking on Coptic side - right lower corner damaged

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: Greek:
ⲙⲏϣⲏⲣ ⲕⲇ̣
Coptic:
ⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲛⲙϣⲓⲣ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲕ̄︤ⲇ̣̄

(Coptic corrected by Ochała and Van der Vliet)
Transcription: Greek: "Mecheir 24" (l. 6)
Coptic: "day twenty-four of the month of Mecheir, 24" (ll. 9–10)
Months: Greek: ⲙⲏϣⲏⲣ
Coptic: ⲙϣⲓⲣ̣
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