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Text 613

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, church, reused in pavement of presbytery
Excavation no.
D.2/04
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 31480
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Ioannes, deacon of Great Church
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 27; W: 21; Th: 4.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
12
Height of letters
 
Description
roughly rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, perfectly preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ ⲕ̄ ⲓⲛⲇ⸌ⲋ⸍ ⲍ̄
Transcription
"in the month of Pharmouthi, (day) 20, in the 7th indiction" (ll. 8–9)
Months
ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Great Church (ⲧⲏⲥ ⲙⲉⲅⲁⲗⲏⲥ ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁⲥ): ll. 6–7
Source
Łajtar 2011, fig. 13
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2011, pp. 75–7, no. 15, fig. 13
Other editions
 
Other publications
Gazda 2005, p. 293, fig. 14; Catalogue Warsaw 2006, p. 56, no. 15, fig. on p. 56; Gazda 2010, p. 47, fig. 12
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Text 614

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 29
Excavation no.
D.1/97
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 31496
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Iesou, called also Ittou, deacon, joknaishshil and archistablites
Date
1 September 1257
Notes
the latest funerary stela from Nubia
2 September 1257 fell on Saturday; the Era year spelled out; lunar day incorrect – 1 day later than Alexandrian cycle
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 33; W: 32; Th: 8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-blue
Text colour
 
Lines
21
Height of letters
0.7-1.8
Description
roughly square slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper part lacking
Date
1 September 1257
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
day of the week
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲑⲱ̄ⲑ ⲉ̄ ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲉⲙⲧⲏ ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ ⲉ̇ⲛⲛⲁⲧⲏ ⲋ ⲇⲉⲕⲁⲧⲏⲛ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉⲛⲛⲁⲕⲟⲥⲏⲁ̇ ⲉⲃⲇⲟⲙⲏⲕⲟⲛⲧⲁ ⲋ ⲧⲉⲧⲁⲣⲧⲏ
Transcription
"in the moth of Thoth, (day) 5, on the fifth day
(= Thursday), on the nineteenth moon (day), (in the year) from the Martyrs nine hundred seventy-four" (ll. 16–18)
Months
ⲑⲱ̄ⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 14
joknashi (ⳝⲟⲕⲛⲁϣⲓⲗ): l. 14
archistablites (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲥⲧⲁⲃⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 15
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(Church of) Emeo (ⲉⲙⲏⲱ): l. 15
Emeo (ⲉⲙⲏⲱ): l. 15
Source
Łajtar 2011, fig. 3
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2011, pp. 46–54, no. 3, fig. 3
Other editions
 
Other publications
Catalogue Warsaw 2006, p. 57, no. 17, fig. on p. 56; Brakmann 2006, p. 305; I. QI, n. 111 on p. 92 (sub 1); Tsakos 2011b, p. 168; CSCN, table 41 on p. 310, table 47 on p. 337
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Text 615

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
82.3.3/31A
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
deed of handing over of a slave by Andreas the Elder to Iesousinkouda, son of Theodose; king Zacharias appearing
Date
4 July 925
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Material
leather
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
 
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
4 July 925
Chronological systems
regnal years
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛ⸌ⲥ⸍ ⲉⲡⲏⲫ ⲓ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲭ̄︤ⲙ︦ⲁ̣ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ϩⲛ ⲧⲙⲉϩϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙ⸌ⲡ⸍ ⲏ̇ ⲛ̄ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲡ︤ⲣⲣⲟ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲡⲣⲣⲟ
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 10, (in the year) from Diocletian 641, in the eighth year, 8, of King Zacharias, son of Georgios, the king" (ll. 2–4)
Months
ⲉⲡⲏⲫ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ): ll. 3, 4, 8, 11, 12; (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): ll. 6, 9
protoeparch (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 4
protodomestikos (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲇⲉⲙⲓⲥⲧⲓⲕⲟⲥ): ll. 4–5
queen mother (ⲙ︦ⲏ︦ⲣ︦ ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 6
bishop of metropolis of Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙⲏⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲧⲏⲙⲩⲕⲗⲉⲱⲥ): l. 7 (Plumley: ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ ⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲧⲏⲙⲩⲕⲗⲉⲱⲥ; corr. Hagen 2010 & Łajtar 2015b)
architriklinios of king (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲧⲣⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙ̄ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ): l. 8
triklinios of protodomestikos (ⲧⲣⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲇⲟ⸌ⲙ⸍): l. 8
eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ): l. 8; (ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲟ⸌ⲃ⸍): l. 10
meizoteros of king (ⲙⲉⲓⲍⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 9
meizoteros of protoeparch (ⲙⲉⲓⲍⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 10
silentiary (?) of king (ⲥⲩⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲙ̄ⲡⲣⲣⲟ): l. 11
silentiary of eparch (ⲥⲩⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): ll. 11–12
protomeizoteros of king (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲙⲉⲓ ⲙ̄ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ): l. 12
protomeizoteros of eparch (ⲡⲟⲣ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲙⲉⲓⲍⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 13
elder (ⲡϩⲗ̄ⲗⲟ): ll. 16, 22
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Nobadia (ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ): l. 8; (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲃ⸍): l. 10
Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲙⲏⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲧⲏⲙⲩⲕⲗⲉⲱⲥ): l. 7
Source
 
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Source
Qasr Ibrim Archives
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Hagen 2009, p. 117; Hagen 2010, p. 723
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ochała 2011b, p. 222 (no. 11); CSCN, pp. 210, 212; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 220; Łajtar 2014b, n. 21 on p. 226; Łajtar 2015b, pp. 232–3 with n. 2, 238; Berkes 2017, p. 117, table on p. 119
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Text 616

Provenance
Sakinya
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 Mariham
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
ⲙⲉ[ⲛⲟ]ⲥ ⲭ·ⲓ·ⲁⲕ
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak" (ll. 7–8)
Months
ⲭ·ⲓ·ⲁⲕ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Mina 132
Other editions
I. Sak. 32
Other publications
Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 617

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6809
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of man Daueid
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 20; W: 12
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ [ⲙ]ⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ [---]ⲉ
Transcription
"on day fourteen [of the month of ...]" (ll. 4–6)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Mina 62
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 618

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6815
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of woman Maria
Date
700–999
Notes
no month name
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 32.5; W: 12.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧϣⲟⲙⲛⲧⲉ
Transcription
"on day thirteen" (ll. 6–7)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Mina 68
Other editions
 
Other publications
Richter 2013, p. 136
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Text 619

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria
Museum no.
not in inventory
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of man Anton
Date
700–999
Notes
no month name
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 17; W: 14.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲓⲍ̣
Transcription
"17" (l. 7)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 122
Other editions
I. Sak. 22
Other publications
Žabkar 1967, p. 16; CSCN, n. 79 on p. 248
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Text 620

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6942
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of woman Anna
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 23; W: 15.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[---] † ⲓⲅ †
Transcription
"[ ] 13" (l. 7)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 184
Other editions
I. Sak. 84
Other publications
 
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Text 621

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6863
Medium
sepulchral cross
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of man Athanasios
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 19; W: 24
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower part damaged
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ϣⲟ[---]
Transcription
"on day three [ ]" (l. 7)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 277
Other editions
I. Sak. 178
Other publications
 
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Text 622

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6842
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of woman Tapi
Date
700–999
Notes
no month name
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 22.5; W: 15
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧϣⲟⲙⲛ̄ⲧ
Transcription
"on day twenty-three" (ll. 8–9)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 310
Other editions
I. Sak. 211
Other publications
 
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Text 623

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 412
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman ..nasilei (?)
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲁⲑⲓⲁ ⲕⲇ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲓⲉ
Transcription
"(in the) month of Athyr (?), (day) 20, in the 15th indiction" (ll. 5–7)
Months
ⲁⲑⲓⲁ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 412)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 112; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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Text 624

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 486 (?)
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of man Longinos
Date
600–899
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
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏ[ⲛⲓ] ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ ⲕ ⲓⲛⲇⲓ ⲋ
Transcription
"(in the) month of Payni, (day) 20, in the 6th indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 48 (grave 486?)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 112; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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