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Text 757

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral cemetery terrace (plaza 758), W of S church (church 294)
Excavation no.
66.2.10/3 (reg. no. 66/37)
Present location
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Museum no.
Acc. No. E.53.1984
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified bishop
Date
probably 1000–1199
Notes
 
Material
limestone
Object dimensions
H: 20; W: 20.9; Th: 7.6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
painted red-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
triangular fragment from right margin of stela; epigraphic field framed by raised, rounded, decorated border with narrow outer margin
Decorative elements
motif of binding painted red-brown on raised border
State of preservation
fragmentary; endings of lines with portion of right margin; upper and lower part lost
Date
probably 1000–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 107
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Source
I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 163
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Latest edition
I. QI 26, fig. on p. 107
Other editions
I. Fitzwilliam 112, figs. on pp 162, 163
Other publications
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2010, p. 716
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Text 758

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Paulou, priest
Date
probably 550–699
Notes
'So-and-so died' type
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
H: 64.6; W: 27
Text dimensions
H: 19; W: 24.5
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
elongated, rectangular block of stone with inscription (crudely incised) in the upper part; rest of surface, c. 2/3 of block, left blank
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 550–699
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡ︦ⲣ̣︦): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 109
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Latest edition
I. QI 27, fig. on p. 109
Other editions
 
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Text 759

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman house B8, room 115, fill below floor 1
Excavation no.
76.1.28/19
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of Kosmas, a priest
Date
600–799
Notes
'Here lie the remains' type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 21; W: 19; Th: 6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
upper part of rectangular plaque with hole in the middle (for a door-post?); text framed by slightly raised border (?)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete top (upper right corner broken off); surface worn out and centrally damaged
Date
600–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡⲣ/): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 111
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Source
 
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Latest edition
SEG 60 1825
Other editions
I. QI 28, fig. on p. 111
Other publications
 
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Text 760

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
mainland: (a) context 9958, plan-sheet 5 of 8; (b–c) structure 9790
Excavation no.
(a) A-D+F-G+J+K: 88.1.1/20; (b) top right corner: 99.999/A11; (c) central piece: 99.999/A13
Present location
Kom Ombo
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified woman
Date
700–899
Notes
'Totenklage'-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
A: H: 11.9; W: 16.5; Th: 3.2;
B: H: 9.1; W: 9.4; Th: 2.5;
C: H: 8.4; W: 8; Th: 2.3;
D: H: 6.8; W: 6.9; Th: 2.2;
F: H: 10.3; W: 13.6; Th: 3.4;
G: H: 6.3; W: 4.9; Th: 6.7;
J: H: 14.7; W: 14; Th: 7.2;
K: H: 8; W: 3.1; Th: 2.5;
top right corner: H: 7.7; W: 7.2; Th: 2.5;
central fr.: H: 17.5; W: 15.5; Th: 7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
soft pink
Text colour
 
Lines
18
Height of letters
 
Description
10 joining (except for fr. K) pieces of a rectangular slab (upper right corner with side margin (fr. A-D); central part with no margins; fragments of the lower part (fr. F-G) with partially preserved margins (fr. J); originally stela was probably c. H: 40; W: 30; epigraphic field framed by incised lines, crossing at corner; flat outer margins c. 2-2.5
Decorative elements
2 crosses on the upper and 2 on the lower margin; linear decoration in corner (only upper-left survives)
State of preservation
right side (with upper and complete right margins) and bottom (with left, lower and right margin) with endings of almost all lines and beginnings of few last lines
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 153
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 40, fig. on p. 153
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2010, p. 715; van der Vliet 2011a, pp. 213–4
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Text 761

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman unit
Excavation no.
78.2.16/3
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of Io---
Date
700–999
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 36; W: 26; Th: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
roughly rectangular stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border, leaving flat, narrow left, lower and right margins; the upper margin is wide and decorated with engraved semicircle
Decorative elements
rosette with six petals at top outer margin
State of preservation
complete (top corners broken off); surface worn out; center part of the text illegible
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 161
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 42, fig. on p. 161
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 762

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman house B1
Excavation no.
74.1.25/1
Present location
Qasr Ibrim, left on site (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
600–1199
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 14; W:14.5; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
upper left corner of stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border with a groove in the middle
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragment of upper left corner with part of left margin preserved
Date
600–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 165
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 44, fig. on p. 165
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 763

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
structure 9651 (Church on the Point), level 001, among loose stones around G 8500
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
900–1099
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 25.7; W: 27; Th: 6.9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
upper part of (probably round-topped) stela; epigraphic field framed by engraved line with narrow, flat outer margins
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete upper part (disposition of text suggests that stela was round-topped, however upper edge chipped off); surface worn; text with small lacunae; left, upper and right margins survive; lower part lost
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 175
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 46, fig. on p. 175
Other editions
 
Other publications
Anonymous 1990, p. VIII
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Text 764

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
fragment A: fill near the mouth of tomb T13, under cathedral tower(church 293)
fragment B: tomb T9, S of cathedral tower (church 293)
Excavation no.
A: 64/2 (reg. no. 64/68)
B: 78.1.23/18
Present location
A: unknown (lost) B: Qasr Ibrim, left on site
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
900–1099
Notes
probably from the same stela as I. QI 48 (DBMNT 765)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
A: H: 15; W: 14
B: H: 12; W: 15; Th: 6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
two non-joining fragments from upper part of stela; fr. A – upper left corner; fr. B – upper right corner; epigraphic field framed by raised border with flat outer margins
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary (top); beginnings and endings of lines with portions of left, upper, and right margin; lower part lost
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 177
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 47, fig. on p. 177
Other editions
 
Other publications
van der Vliet 2011a, p. 216
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Text 765

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
tomb T9, S of cathedral tower (church 293)
Excavation no.
78.1.23/17
Present location
Qasr Ibrim, left on site
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 900–1099
Notes
probably from the same stela as I. QI 47 (DBMNT 764)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 10.5; W: 12; Th: 5.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border; all other faces rough
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; part of left margin preserved; upper and lower part lost
Date
probably 900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
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. QI 48
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 766

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman wall
Excavation no.
78.2.16/2
Present location
Qasr Ibrim, left on site
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–999
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 18; W: 21; Th: 5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular fragment from upper part of a stela; epigraphic field framed by roughly incised line with flat, plain margins
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete top (upper edge chipped off); text damaged and in ll. 7-9; left, right, and part of upper margin survive; lower part lost
Date
900–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 181
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 49, fig. on p. 181
Other editions
 
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Text 767

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman house B27, room 325a, upper fill
Excavation no.
80.1.27/18
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–1099
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 13; W: 11.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
upper left corner of stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line; upper outer margin very broad and decorated, left one narrow and rounded
Decorative elements
bigger and smaller crosses incised in the upper margin, below border of triangular spaces
State of preservation
upper fragment preserved with parts of left and upper margins; lower part lost
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 183
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 50, fig. on p. 183
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams – Alexander – Allen 1983, pp. 43-6
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Text 768

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
A: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51 (robbing of G 8500)
B: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51, in broken mud
C: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51, among large stones in loose sandy marl
D: surface find on the mainland, beside track heading SW from Church on the Point (structure 9651), ca. 10.5 m from it
Excavation no.
A: 89.12.25/10
B: 90.1.3/6
C: 90.1.10/3
D: 99.998/A17
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
900–1099
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
A: H: 12.7; W: 10.6; Th: 3;
B: H: 13.4; W: 8.9; Th: 4;
C: H: 8.1; W: 5.1; Th: 2.7;
D: H: 9; W: 15.7; Th: 3.9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red (grey core)
Text colour
 
Lines
14
Height of letters
 
Description
four fragments of round-topped plaque: three joining (A, B, C) forming lower right corner + one loose (D) from upper right part with some of rounded top; epigraphical field framed by raised border with flat outer margins
Decorative elements
imitation of acroteria below arch-like top?
State of preservation
two separate fragments: upper = fr. D, bottom = fr. A+B+C; part of right margin and almost complet lower margin preserved
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 185
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. QI 51, fig. on p. 185
Other editions
 
Other publications
Anonymous 1990, p. VIII (archaeological context)
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