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Text 541

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Elephantine Museum
Museum no.
1044
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Anna
Date
600–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲓⲛⲏ ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉ : ⲑ : ⲓⲛⲇ/ : ⲃ̄
Transcription
"in the month of Mesore, (day) 9, in the 2nd indiction" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 50
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim
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Text 542

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 230
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Elephantine Museum
Museum no.
1077
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of man Axios
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲓ : ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ : ⲓ̈ⲃ : ⲓ̈ⲛⲇ : : ⲏ :
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 12, in the 8th indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Latest edition
SEG 43 1179
Other editions
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 230); I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 56; Łajtar 1993a, pp. 244–5
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 112; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 543

Provenance
Tafa
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
reused in contemporary house
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of unidentified woman
Date
600–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
12
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete, illegible in many places
Date
600–999
Chronological systems
indiction
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲙⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲁⲁ̣ⲑⲩ̣ⲣ ⲕ︦ [ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓ]ⲟⲛ[ⲟⲥ] ⲉⲛⲇⲉⲕⲁ<ⲧⲏⲥ>
Transcription
"in the month of Athyr, (day) 20, in the eleventh indiction" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲁⲁ̣ⲑⲩ̣ⲣ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
Weigall 1907, pl. XXVII
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Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2023, pp. 65–69 (no. 3), fig. 3
Other editions
 
Other publications
Weigall 1907, p. 64, pl. 27
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Text 544

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
48168
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Tiketi
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲧⲩⲃⲓ ⲕ̄︤ⲁ︥ ⲧⲏⲥ ⲉ̄ ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕ/
Transcription
"Tybi 21, in the 5th indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲧⲩⲃⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 41
Other editions
 
Other publications
Curto et alii 1965, p. 85 ('Reperto n. 36'); Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 545

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 Mank...a
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
ⲙⲏⲛ[ⲓ] ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ [ ̣ ̣] ⲓⲛⲇ ⲃ
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak, (day) [ ], in the 2nd indiction" (ll. 6–7)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2001c, pp. 183–4
Other editions
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 41 (after transcription of Burton)
Other publications
Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 546

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
S cemetery (193?)
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Stephanos
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲁⲣⲙϩⲁⲧ
Transcription
"day fourteen of (the month of) Phamenoth" (ll. 6–7)
Months
ⲡⲁⲣⲙϩⲁⲧ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 112–15
Other editions
Monneret de Villard 1931, p. 10
Other publications
 
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Text 547

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north pastophorium, west wall
Excavation no.
G 60l (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1195)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
date
Language
unidentified
Content
month date
Date
900–1299
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: ?; W: 12.5
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete (unfinished?)
Date
900–1299
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲧⲩⲃⲓ ⲕ̄︤ⲍ
Transcription
"Tybi 27" (l. 1)
Months
ⲧⲩⲃⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.1195 (= Kubińska 1976b, fig. 36)
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Kubińska 1976b, p. 35 (no. 67), fig. 36
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 548

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of woman Iktoume
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ϣ⸌ⲟ⸍ⲙⲛⲧ ⲙⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription
"day three of (of the month of) Pachon" (ll. 7–8)
Months
ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 115
Other editions
 
Other publications
CSCN, n. 32 on p. 233
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Text 549

Provenance
el-Ramal
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery A
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Ioseph, priest
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ ⲓ︦
Transcription
"Pachon 10" (ll. 7–8)
Months
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧ): l. 6
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Monneret de Villard 1935–57, fig. on p. 135
Image
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Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 135 (+ fig.)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 550

Provenance
Nuri
Region
Makuria
Findspot
church Nuri 100, debris S of S wall
Excavation no.
C 7474
Present location
unknown (lost)
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Ioannes
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line; ruling
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; bottom and lower part of right margin lacking; put together from 2 fragments
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ ⲕ︤ⲏ̣︥
Transcription
"in the month of Pachon, (day) 28" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Dunham 1955, pl. LXXI, b
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar 1996a, pp. 79–84 (no. 2), pl. 2
Other editions
Burstein 1995, pp. 222–6, fig. 2
Other publications
Dunham 1955, p. 272, pl. 71b
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Text 551

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (lost)
Museum no.
13843
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of woman Lisbet
Date
1 May 977
Notes
Cramer 1939 – AH 376
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 25; W: 28 (?)
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab, epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
quite big cross incised in upper left corner of epigraphic field
State of preservation
text preserved in upper part only; last lines destroyed
Date
1 May 977
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the Saracens
indiction (Egyptian)
Dating formulae
ⲡⲁⲭⲱ̄ⲛ ⲋ ⲓⲛⲇ ⲋ ⲥⲁⲣⲁ̄︤ⲕ︦ⲩ̄ ⲧⲝⲋ

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription
"Pachon 6, in the 6th indiction, (in the year from) the Saracens 366" (ll. 5–7)
Months
ⲡⲁⲭⲱ̄ⲛ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Ägyptisches Museum zu Berlin archive
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 4 1990
Other editions
Cramer 1939, pp. 20–3
Other publications
Erman 1899, p. 414 (description); Junker 1925b, p. 132; Ochała 2009, pp. 146–7; CSCN, pp. 116, 152–4
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Text 552

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin
Museum no.
9941
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Mena, monk
Date
4 July 972
Notes
dates corrected by Bagnall – Worp 1986; Hegira dates 368 and 378 give AD 979 or 988, respectively; SBKopt. – AD 982/3
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 33; W: 20
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
14
Height of letters
 
Description
roughly rectangular slab, slightly narrower towards bottom; coarsely executed; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete but surface worn and hardly legible in places; some minor damages visible on raised border
Date
4 July 972
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the Saracens
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲁⲡⲱ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲓⲥ ⲭⲡⲏ ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲕⲛⲟⲥ ⲧ[ ̣]ⲏ
ⲉⲡⲉⲫ ⲓ

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription
"(in the year) from Diocletian 688, (in the year from) the Saracens 3[.]8" (ll. 6–8)
"Epeiph 10" (l. 10)
Months
ⲉⲡⲉⲫ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲥⲁⲛ): l. 9
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Bode Museum archives
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 4 1991
Other editions
Cramer 1939, pp. 21–3
Other publications
Cramer 1949, p. 13; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 397; CSBE(2), p. 80, n. 81; Ochała 2009, pp. 144–6; CSCN, pp. 65, 150–2
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