Text 601

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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Schloss Banz, Staffelstein
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of woman Tis---
Date: 550–799
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 19.8; W: 14.5; Th: 6.1
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 7
Height of letters: 1-2

Description: part of rectangular slab with rounded corners; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
State of preservation: right margin missing

Date: 550–799
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲧⲏ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲫ[---] ⲓⲛⲇ ⲏ
Transcription: "in the month of Phaophi [ ], in the 8th indiction" (ll. 3–4)
Months: ⲫ[---]
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Huss 1991, pl. before p. 7
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: SEG 59 1907
Other editions: Huss 1991, pp. 7-12, pl. before p. 7; SEG 41 1688; Łajtar 2009b, pp. 108–11

Other publications: Bull. épigr. 1992, 582; Van der Vliet 2002, p. 181, n. 26

Text 602

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TrismegistosTM text 141649

Provenance: Arminna
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig
Museum no.: 1685

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Kamina
Date: 4 December 1021
Notes: RCEA VI 2321 – 24 Shaaban = 3 December
RCEA gives 'Haute-Égypte', the same in TEI

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab with epigraphic filed placed in recessed field; lower broad border with small recess in its middle serving for mounting the stela onto the tomb
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, small lacuna in upper left part of text

Date: 4 December 1021
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: "when five (days) remained of (the month of) Sha‘bān (= 25 Sha‘bān), year four hundred twelve" (ll. 8–10)
Months: Sha‘bān
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: http://www.epigraphie-islamique.org/epi/picture_view_full.php?ref=2063/image/1.jpg
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: RCEA 6 2321 (= TEI 6324; with photo at <http://www.epigraphie-islamique.org/epi/picture_view_full.php?ref=2063/image/1.jpg>)
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 118; CSCN, p. 169, table 24 on p. 170

Text 603

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TrismegistosTM text 141650

Provenance: Arminna
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig
Museum no.: 1687

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Nu'ayr
Date: 9 December 1021–7 January 1022
Notes: RCEA gives 'Haute-Égypte', the same in TEI

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 8
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border; lower border unworked, serving for mounting the stela onto the tomb
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete; put together from two pieces

Date: 9 December 1021–7 January 1022
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: "in Ramaḍān, year four hundred twelve" (ll. 7–8)
Months: Ramaḍān
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: RCEA 6 2323 (= TEI 6326; photo available at <http://www.epigraphie-islamique.org/epi/picture_view_full.php?ref=2064/image/1.jpg>)
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 118; CSCN, p. 169

Text 604

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TrismegistosTM text 141651

Provenance: Kalabsha
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Salma
Date: 14 April 929
Notes: all elements of date coincide

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 49; W: 18
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 14
Height of letters

Description: no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 14 April 929
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
day of the week
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: "on Tuesday, on the first day of the month of Rabī‘ I, in year three hundred seventeen" (ll. 7–10)
Months: Rabī‘ I
Weakdays: Tuesday
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: RCEA 3 1130 (= TEI 5025)
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 118; CSCN, table 25 on p. 171

Text 605

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TrismegistosTM text 111038

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim (probably)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Bonn, private collection
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of woman Theognosta
Date: 700–799
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 24; W: 19; Th: 6
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 12
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; incised line bordering text on left edge
Decorative elements: four crosses beneath text
State of preservation: complete, clearly legible

Date: 700–799
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲭⲟⲓ̈ⲁⲕ ⲓ̈ⲍ̄
Transcription: "Choiak 17" (l. 4)
Months: ⲭⲟⲓ̈ⲁⲕ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Schenke 2000, fig. on p. 177
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: SB Kopt. 3 1644
Other editions: Schenke 2000, pp. 176–8, fig. on p. 177

Other publications: I. Qasr Ibrim, p. 4; van der Vliet 2011a, pp. 199–201

Text 606

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TrismegistosTM text 141652

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 24, inserted in pavement, script upside down
Excavation no.: SDRS 21/03
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 31225

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Markos, hegemon
Date: 26 February 786
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 37.8; W: 23.5; Th: 4.8
Text dimensions
Object colour: blue-grey
Text colour
Lines: 16
Height of letters: 1.1-2.5

Description: roughly rectangular slab; traces of ruling in upper part
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, clearly legible

Date: 26 February 786
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ · ⲃ̄ · ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲑ̄ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗ/ ⲫ︤ⲃ︥
Transcription: "in the month of Phamenoth, (day) 2, in the 9th indiction, in the year from Diocletian 502" (ll. 5-6)
Months: ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: hegemon (ⲏⲅⲉⲙⲱⲛ): l. 4

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Catalogue London 2004, p. 224, no. 191
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Source: Łajtar 2003b, pl. I
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: SEG 53 2021
Other editions: Łajtar 2003b, pp. 162–5 (no. 1), pl. 1

Other publications: Catalogue London 2004, p. 224 (no. 191); Łajtar 2004b, p. 256, fig. 2; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 192–3

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TrismegistosTM text 141653

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: lower church, in debris in apse
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti (?)
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Maria
Date: probably 29 August 853–28 August 854
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 34; W: 29; Th: 9.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: light grey
Text colour
Lines: 14
Height of letters: 1.2-2.1

Description: rectangular slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: preserved in two fragments; middle left-hand part missing

Date: probably 29 August 853–28 August 854
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: [---] ⲃ̄ ⲉⲧ⸌ⲟⲩ⸍ⲥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲫ̣ ̣
Transcription: "[---] 2, in the year from Diocletian 5[.]" (ll. 8–9)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2007, fig. on p. 137
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Source: Łajtar 2003b, pl. II
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: SEG 57 1988
Other editions: Łajtar 2003b, pp. 165–9 (no. 2), pl. 2; SEG 53 2022; Łajtar 2007, pp. 135–7, fig. on p. 137

Other publications: Łajtar 2004b, p. 258, fig. 3; Diethart 2015, pp. 41–3; CIEN 4, no. 64

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TrismegistosTM text 101557

Provenance: Ghazali
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Lepsius's expedition, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (lost)
Museum no.: ÄM 1494

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of Abraham, monk
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 43; W: 32
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 8 (9 reconstructed)
Height of letters: not recorded

Description: Incomplete rectangular plaque, put together from three joining pieces. Upper right corner and lower margin containing the last line of the text missing.
Decorative elements: A decorative cross at the beginning of line 1.
State of preservation: stela put together form three pieces; incomplete; upper right corner broken off; lower and left-hand margins complete; upper and right-hand margins preserved in half

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲉ⸌ⲡ⸍ⲫⲓ ⲓⲉ
Transcription: "in the month of Phaophi, (day) 15" (l. 7)
Months: ⲉ⸌ⲡ⸍ⲫⲓ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: brother (= monk) (ⲡⲛ̣̄ⲥⲟⲛ): ll. 5–6

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Ghazali 28
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 103, 56: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Ghazali 28
Other editions: Revillout 1885, p. 32, no. 46; Mallon 1914, cols. 2883–4; SB Kopt. 1 490

Other publications: Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 56; Erman 1899, p. 413 (description and partial German translation); Junker 1925, p. 131 (transcription of ll. 1–5), 132; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255

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TrismegistosTM text 141654

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: under floor of Late Christian house
Excavation no.: 72.10.24/13
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Greek/Coptic
Content: fragment of protocol of official letter, mentioning king Georgios
Date: 29 September 1071–27 August 1072
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'
the designation of the era in lacuna

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: 7.5; W: 7
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation: probably a quarter (upper right corner) of original preserved

Date: 29 September 1071–27 August 1072
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Era of the Saracens
Era of Diocletian
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: [--- ⲯ]ⲡ︦ⲏ̄︥ : ⲁ̄ⲡⲟ ⲥⲁⲣⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲩ̄ⲝ︦ⲇ̄︥ : [--- ⲡⲙⲁⲓ]ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲃⲗ︦ⲥ̄︥ ⲉϥⲟ

(transcription by J. Hagen)
Transcription: "[in the year from the Martyrs/Diocletian 7]88, (in the year) from the Saracens 464, when the God-loving king Georgios was [---]" (ll. 2–3)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 3
protodomestikos of palace (ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲉⲡⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁⲧⲓ): l. 5
domestikos of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲙ̄ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 7
meizoteros (ⲙⲉⲓ⸌ⲍ⸍): l. 8 (ed. pr. 'ⲙⲉⲓ⸌ⲍ⸍ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍ as forming one tile, 'meizodomestikos'; corr. A. Łajtar)
domestikos (ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍): l. 8 (ed. pr. 'ⲙⲉⲓ⸌ⲍ⸍ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍ as forming one tile, 'meizodomestikos'; corr. A. Łajtar)
vice-eparch of Terpekkil ([ⲁⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲉ]ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲧⲉⲣ⸌ⲡ⸍): l. 9
exarch (ⲉⲝⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 9 (ed. pr. 'eparch'; corr. J. Hagen)

Toponyms & ethnonyms: kastron of Philae (ⲧⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ⲙ︦ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ): l. 4
Philae (ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ): l. 4
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 7
Terpekkil (ⲧⲉⲣ⸌ⲡ⸍): l. 9

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Qasr Ibrim Archive
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Plumley 1981, pp. 5–8
Other editions

Other publications: Hägg 1990, p. 163; CSBE(2), p. 85, n. 122; Hagen 2009, p. 117; Ochała 2009, pp. 149–50; Hagen 2010, pp. 722–3; CSCN, pp. 140, 155, 160–1; Werner 2013, pp. 109–10, with n. 28; Łajtar 2014b, p. 226 with n. 26

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TrismegistosTM text 141732

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.: 74.1.30/6A
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (?)
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: letter
Language: Greek/Coptic
Content: letter from King Mouses Georgios to apa Markos III, patriarch of Alexandria, requesting ordination of one Iesou to the dignity of bishop
Date: 17 September 1186
Notes

Material: paper
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete; slightly damaged at one edge

Date: 17 September 1186
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Era of the World Creation
Era of the Incarnation
Era of the Saracens
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: Recto ('Coptic subscript')
ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲑⲱ̄ⲑ ⲕ̄ : ⲁ̄ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ : ⳨ⲅ︦ :

Verso ('Second Greek subscript')
vac. ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲱⲡⲟⲓⲏ̄ⲥⲁⲥ · vac. ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲅⲉⲛⲏⲥ [ⲭ]ⲩ̣̄ : vac. ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ vac. ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲥⲁⲣ⸌ⲕ⸍

(transcription by J. Hagen)
Transcription: Coptic subscript: "on the 20th day of the month of Thoth, (in the year) from the Martyrs 903" (ll. 105–6)
second Greek subscript: "(in the year) from the creation of the world, (in the year) from the birth of Christ, (in the year) from the Martyrs, (in the year) from the Saracens" (ll. 7–9)
Months: ⲑⲱ̄ⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: bishop of the Tabernacle: recto, l. ?
king (ⲃ̄ⲗ̄ⲥ̄): verso, 1st Greek subscript, l. 1
king of Aruades and Makuritai and Nobades and Damalt( ) and Axumites (ⲃⲗ̄ⲥ̄ ⲏ̇ⲙⲱⲛ ⲁⲣⲟⲩⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⳤ ⲙⲁⲕⲟⲩⲣ̣⸌ⲧ⸍ ⳤ ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲟⲛ ⲋ ⲇⲁⲙⲁⲗ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⳤ ⲁ̇ⲝⲓⲱ̇ⲙⲁ): verso, 1st Greek subscript, ll. 10–12
archbishop (ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍): recto, ll. 93–4
archbishop of Alexandria (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍[ⲉⲡ]ⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲓⲁ): verso, 2nd Greek subscript, ll. 1–2

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Barbaroi: verso, 1st Greek subscript, l. ?
Aruades (ⲁⲣⲟⲩⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): verso, 1st Greek subscript, l. 10; verso, 2nd Greek subscript, l. 4
Makurites (ⲙⲁⲕⲟⲩⲣ̣⸌ⲧ⸍): verso, 1st Greek subscript, l. 10; verso, 2nd Greek subscript, l. 4
Nobades (ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲟⲛ): verso, 1st Greek subscript, l. 11; (ⲛⲟⲃⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): verso, 2nd Greek subscript, l. 3
Dalmatia (ⲇⲁⲙⲁⲗ⸌ⲧ⸍): verso, 1st Greek subscript, l. 11; (ⲇⲁⲗⲙⲁⲧⲓⲁⲥ): verso, 2nd Greek subscript, l. 4
Axum (ⲁⲝⲓⲱ̇ⲙⲁ): verso, 1st Greek subscript, ll. 11–12
Axumites (ⲁ︦ⲝⲓⲱ︦ⲙⲏⲧⲏⲥ): verso, 2nd Greek subscript, l. 5
Alexandria (ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲓⲁ): verso, 2nd Greek subscript, l. 2
Babylon (ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ): verso, 2nd Greek subscript, l. 3

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Qasr Ibrim Archive
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Source: Qasr Ibrim Archive
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; translation in Adams 1996, pp. 227–9
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975b, p. 7; Plumley 1978, pp. 232, 236–8, pl. 56 (fragment); Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 114; Łajtar 2002, pp. 171–4; Brakmann 2006, pp. 329–30; Hagen 2009, p. 117; Ochała 2009, pp. 150–1; Hagen 2010, p. 722; CSCN, pp. 142, 155–6, 157, 160; Seignobos 2015, pp. 178, 180

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TrismegistosTM text 141655

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: throne hall/mosque, mounted in recess in north pilaster of east wall of the square hall on first floor, to the left of mihrab
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: foundation inscription
Language: Arabic
Content: stela commemorating conversion of Throne Hall to mosque
Date: 29 May 1317
Notes: RCEA 10 3841 gives wrong date (31 May 1222)
there are two records in TEI for this inscription, both inadequate: no. 4011 contains false description of the inscription and no. 26112 false date

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 40.5; W: 34; Th: 8
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab with 10 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: almost completely preserved, upper left and lower right corners broken off, surface obliterated in places

Date: 29 May 1317
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: 16 Rabia I, 717
Months: Rabī‘ I
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Godlewski 2015c, fig. 1–13, bottom left
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 100, Arab. 2: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: RCEA 10 3841 (= TEI 4011)
Other editions

Other publications: Lepsius 1849–1859: 5 (text), p. 250; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 100, Arab. 2; Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 220; Crawford 1951, p. 35, with n. 23 (translation); Yusuf Fadl Hasan 1967, p. 125, fig. 2; Welsby 2002, p. 247, fig. 98; Insoll 2003, p. 115, fig. 3.10 (serious mistake in date); Intisar Soghayroun Elzein 2004, p. 86, fig. 58; CSCN, pp. 122, 165, with n. 87; Obłuski et alii 2013, p. 250, fig. 2; Godlewski 2013a, p. 137 (with fig.); Żurawski 2014a, pp. 80–81, fig. 2; Godlewski 2015c, pp. 22–23, fig. 1–13, bottm left (description and English translation)

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TrismegistosTM text 141750

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, church, inside presbytery, near south end of altar screen
Excavation no.: D.1/04
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (temporarily in National Museum, Warsaw)
Museum no.: SNM 31481

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek/Coptic
Content: epitaph of Ioseph, bishop of Aswan
Date: 28 April 668 or 28 April 670
Notes: two-year difference between Diocletian and indiction dates
ll. 1–5, 30–2 in Greek

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 81; W: 62; Th: 9
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 32
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field surrounded by raised border forming cross with triangles in corners
Decorative elements
State of preservation: found in several pieces, almost complete, but some pieces still lacking

Date: 28 April 668 or 28 April 670
Chronological systems: indiction (Egyptian)
Era of Diocletian
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: · ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ ⲅ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲧⲣⲉⲓⲥⲕⲁⲓⲇⲉⲕⲋ ⲇⲓⲟⳤ ⲧⲡ︦ⲇ
Transcription: "in the month of Pachon, (day) 3, in the thirteenth indiction, (year) from Diocletian 384" (ll. 29–31)
Months: ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 2
bishop of the city of the Syenites (= Aswan) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⳤ ⲧⲏⲥ ⲥⲩⲏⲛⲓⲧⲱⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲉⲱⲥ): ll. 3–4

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Syene (= Aswan) (ⲧⲏⲥ ⲥⲩⲏⲛⲓⲧⲱⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲉⲱⲥ): ll. 3–4

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski – Van der Vliet 2011, fig. 3
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Source: Jakobielski – Van der Vliet 2011, fig. 4
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski – Van der Vliet 2011, pp. 15–35, figs. 1–4
Other editions

Other publications: Gazda 2005, pp. 292–293, fig. 13; Grimal - Aldy 2005, p. 308; Brakmann 2006, p. 297; Catalogue Warsaw 2006, pp. 20–21, fig. 6, pp. 55–56, no. 14; Jakobielski 2008, p. 283, fig. 3; Vantini 2009, p. 210; Gazda 2010, pp. 46–47, fig. 10; CSCN, pp. 74, 102–103, 117; Godlewski 2013a, p. 117 (with fig.); Obłuski – Dzierzbicka 2022, fig. on p. 316; Łajtar 2020a, p. 14, fig. 12

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