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Text 481

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA602
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of man Akkindarpe
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 35; W: 23.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
roughly rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription incomplete – lower left corner broken off; lower margin lacking
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ ⲓ̈ⲋ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲁ
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 16, in the 1st indiction" (ll. 5–6)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA602
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Source
O. Brit. Mus. Copt., pl. IX, no. 602
Image
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Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 53 (photo at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=405115001&objectId=124284&partId=1)
Other editions
CIG 4 9130; Revillout 1885, p. 24, no. 30; O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 10 (no. 6), pl. 9 (no. 602); I. Lefebvre 622; SB 5 8736
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Van der Vliet 2002, pp. 178–84
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Text 482

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Abraam
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
12
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲧⲩⲃ ⲏ ⲏⲛⲇⲉⲕ/ ⲓⲅ
Transcription
"Tybi 8, in the 13th indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲧⲩⲃ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Young 1821, pl. IX
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 54
Other editions
Young 1821, p. 157 (no. 3), pl. IX; CIG 4 9113; Revillout 1885, pp. 24–5 (no. 32); I. Lefebvre 623; SB 5 8720
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Van der Vliet 2002, pp. 178–84
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Text 483

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Samson
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲏ ⲕⲁ ⲉⲛⲧⲉⲕⲇ ⲓⲃ̣
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, (day) 21, in the 12th indiction" (ll. 4–6)
Months
ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲛ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Young 1821, pl. X
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Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 55
Other editions
Young 1821, p. 157 (no. 5), pl. X; CIG 4 9115; Revillout 1885, pp. 25–6 (no. 34); I. Lefebvre 624; SB 5 8722
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Van der Vliet 2002, pp. 178–84
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Text 484

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Thisauria
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙ̄ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ ⲇ ⲓⲛⲇⲓ/ ⲏ
Transcription
"in the month of Athyr, (day) 4, in the 8th indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Young 1821, pl. IX
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 48
Other editions
Young 1821, p. 157 (no. 4), pl. IX; CIG 4 9114; Revillout 1885, p. 25 (no. 33); I. Lefebvre 625; SB 5 8721
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; DACL 1, col. 1570; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Van der Vliet 2002, pp. 178–84
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Text 485

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA823
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Mena
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 18; W:
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
16 (reconstructed in upper and lower parts)
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper part lacking; surface destroyed in lower and upper part
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ ⲅ ⲓ̈ⲛ̄︤ⲇ︥ ⲓ̈ⲇ :
Transcription
"in the month of Phamenoth, (day) 3, in the 14th indiction" (ll. 8–9)
Months
ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
O. Brit. Mus. Copt., pl. XI, no. 823
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 39
Other editions
Young 1821, p. 157 (no. 6), pl. X; CIG 4 9116; Revillout 1885, p. 30 (no. 42); O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 13 (no. 5), pl. XI (no. 823); I. Lefebvre 626; SB 5 8723
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 18 (no. 17); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 486

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA824
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Nikea
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 20.4; W: 14
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line (?)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower part lacking
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲡⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ : ⲓ̈ⲑ : ⲓ̈ⲛⲇ/ · ⲉ :
Transcription
"Payni 19, in the 5th indiction" (ll. 5–6)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
O. Brit. Mus. Copt., pl. XI, no. 824
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 60
Other editions
Young 1821, p. 157 (no. 7), pl. X; CIG 4 9117; Revillout 1885, pp. 27–8 (no. 36); O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 13 (no. 3), pl. XI (no. 824); I. Lefebvre 627; SB 5 8724
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 487

Provenance
Dakka (Pselchis) (?)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
École française, Athens
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Athanasios
Date
600–999
Notes
bought in Luxor
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 17; W: 13
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲓⲛⲓ ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ ⲓⲑ ⲓⲛⲇⲓ ⲅ
Transcription
"in the month of Phamenoth, (day) 19, in the 3rd indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 45
Other editions
Lefebvre 1902, p. 454; I. Lefebvre 629
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 63; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 488

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (lost)
Museum no.
ÄM 1486
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Iesousinta (?)
Date
800–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 32.5; W: 25
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
15
Height of letters
 
Description
trapezoidal irregular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line; last line written below lower margin
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; put together from 2 parts; almost whole right side lacking
Date
800–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁⲥ] ⲟⲅⲇⲟⲏⲥ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲑⲩ̣[ⲣ ---]
Transcription
"on the eight day of (the month of) Athyr" (ll. 7–8)
Months
ⲁⲑⲩ̣[ⲣ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Junker 1925b, pl. after p. 112
Image
Image not available
Source
Junker 1925b, fig. on p. 118
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB 5 8726
Other editions
CIG 4 9119; Revillout 1885, pp. 30–1 (no. 43); I. Lefebvre 634; Junker 1925b, pp. 117–20, pl. after p. 112, fig. on p. 118
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 182; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 537; Erman 1899, p. 413 (description); Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 22 (no. 23); Žabkar 1967, p. 16; NOM 1, no. 1 (on name); CIEN 7, no. 37
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Text 489

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Museum no.
Acc. No. E.64.1903
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Markos
Date
19 December 811
Notes
year 528 followed a leap year, which is why the date is 19 December
Material
granite
Object dimensions
H: 18.9; W: 27.5; Th: 7.2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
 
Description
middle fragment of rectangular slab; on right and left sides incised lines framing epigraphic field
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
only middle part preserved; surface much worn and illegible in places
Date
19 December 811
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙⲛⲓ ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲭ ⲕ︤ⲃ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉⲧⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ⲥ ⲫ︤ⲕ︦ⲏ︥ ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲉ̄
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 22, in the year from Diocletian 528, in the 5th indiction" (ll. 2-4)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲭ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 173
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Source
I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 173
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Fitzwilliam 116, figs. on p. 173
Other editions
Burkitt 1903, pp. 586–587 (γ); I. Lefebvre 643; Łajtar 1997a, p. 125 (no. 10)
Other publications
Weissbrodt 1905/6, pp. 17–18 (nos. 11–13); Junker 1925b, passim; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, p. 247; Monneret de Villard 1937, pp. 58, 64; Heichelheim 1942, p. 16, (X, b, 3); Žabkar 1967, p. 17; CSBE(2), p. 76
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Text 490

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.
ÄM 13715
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Markos
Date
25 June 775
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 45; W: 29
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
25 June 775
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲉⲙ ⲙⲉⲛⲏ ⲉⲡⲓⲫ ⲁ ⲓⲛ[---] ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧ ⲩϥⲁ
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 1, in the [ ] indiction, (year) from Diocletian 491" (ll. 11–13)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 21
Other editions
Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 17 (no. 8); SB 1 5826; I. Lefebvre 645
Other publications
Erman 1899, p. 413 (description and partial German translation); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; CSBE(2), p. 75; CSCN, table 11 on p. 71
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Text 491

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.
ÄM 13716
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
epitaph of Abraam, son of Ianin
Date
18 March 904 or 18 March 913
Notes
18 March was Sunday in 904 and Thursday in 913
dating lemma in Coptic (ll. 9–14, 17–18)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 33.5; W: 18
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
19
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
18 March 904 or 18 March 913
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Era of the Saracens
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲫⲁⲙ ́ ⲕⲃ ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲕⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲥϥⲁ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗ ́ ⲭⲕⲑ
ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ
Transcription
"Phamenoth 22, (in the year from) Saracens 291, (in the year from) Diocletian 629" (ll. 12–14)
"Sunday" (l. 18)
Months
ⲫⲁⲙ
Weakdays
ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 1 734
Other editions
I. Lefebvre 647; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 22
Other publications
Erman 1899, pp. 413–14 (description); Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 17 (no. 10); Junker 1925b, p. 132; Grumel 1965, p. 89 (no. 8); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 395; Łajtar 2001a, p. 332; CSBE(2), p. 78, n. 71; Ochała 2009, pp. 141–4; CSCN, pp. 142, 149–50, 157, table 47 on p. 337
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Text 492

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA407
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Talsia
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 39; W: 20
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular sandstone stela with inscription incised along longer edges
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete; object damaged in left margin
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲭ · ⲁ̄ ⲓ̈ⲛ̄︤ⲇ̄︥ ⲓ̈ⲃ︥̄
Transcription
"Choiak 1, in the 12th indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲭ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
O. Brit. Mus. Copt., pl. IX, no. 407
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB 5 8733
Other editions
Birch 1841, p. 368 (no. 6); CIG 4 9127; Revillout 1885, p. 28 (no. 37); O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 9 (no. 2), pl. IX (no. 407); I. Lefebvre 648
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 115; Žabkar 1967, p. 17
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