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Text 781

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
mainland, structure 9790
Excavation no.
99.999/A12
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 15; W: 12; Th: 7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of a stela; broad, flat lower margin; back roughly dressed
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower part with fragment of lower margin preserved; surface badly damaged
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 235
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I. QI 69, fig. on p. 235
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Text 782

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
unknown
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
600–1199
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: c. 28; W: 22
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of a stela; epigraphic filed framed by raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower left fragment with portion 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. 237
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Latest edition
I. QI 71, fig. on p. 237
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Text 783

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
mainland, context 9958
Excavation no.
88.1.1/20
Present location
Kom Ombo
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
600–1199
Notes
found together with I. QI 40 and 64 (nos. 674, 760)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 12.5; W: 6.8; Th: 7.4
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
small fragment of a stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line (plain outer margin W: c. 1.4 cm)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower fragment with portion of lower 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. 239
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Latest edition
I. QI 72, fig. on p. 239
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Text 784

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman houses W of cathedral (church 293)
Excavation no.
78.1.28/15
Present location
Qasr Ibrim, left on site
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–1199
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 24.5; W: 12; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
upper right fragment of rectangular (?) stela, epigraphic field framed by wide, raised border in form of aedicula; letters preserved only right of the conch on the margin
Decorative elements
probably aedicula-type decoration; conch resting on lintel (originally probably 13 ribs [8 survive] arranged around 2 concentric circles; dots between the tops of the ribs)
State of preservation
upper right corner; epigraphic filed missing entirely
Date
900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 240
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Latest edition
I. QI 73, fig. on p. 240
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Text 785

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
found in 1978 on dump of the 1976 season
Excavation no.
78.3.22/1
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 900–1199
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 12.8; W: 7.9; Th: 4.2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
red
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) stela or slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border (W: 2.0-2.5 cm); back side unworked; 2 first lines apparently underlined by painted line
Decorative elements
2 crosses on upper border; triangle on left border; flower with 4 petals arranged in the form of a cross with a V-shaped stalk, in the upper right corner of the epigraphic field; all incised lines (letters and decorative elements) painted red
State of preservation
upper right corner preserved; no coherent text can be reconstructed
Date
probably 900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 242
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 74, fig. on p. 242
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Text 786

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman house B31, room 83, N wall fill
Excavation no.
80.1.19/42
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Epiphanios (?)
Date
600–1199
Notes
letters do not suit any known formula of epitaphs
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 20.5; W: 17.5; 5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border (now damaged; H: c. 0.5; W: 2); ruling (register H: 2.5-3.0)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper right part preserved: endings of lines with left margin and some of upper one
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. 243
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. QI 75, fig. on p. 243
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Text 787

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral (church 293), built into southwest pier
Excavation no.
80.1.29/3
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph (?)
Date
600–1199
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 17; W: 11.6; Th: 4.2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
painted red
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela or slab; ruling
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; broken on all sides; no coherent text can be reconstructed
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. 245
Image
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 76, fig. on p. 245
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Text 788

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
W plaza, pit 78/111, fill
Excavation no.
78.2.1/9
Present location
Qasr Ibrim, left on site
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph (?)
Date
550–799
Notes
Greek or Coptic; character of the inscription not clear
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 26; W: 20; Th: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela or plaque; wide blank space above text – probably top margin; delicate ruling above and below the inscription; back very rough
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper (?) fragment preserved; broken on all sides
Date
550–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 247
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
SEG 60 1824
Other editions
I. QI 77, fig. on p. 247
Other publications
Adams 1996, p. 302 (inventory)
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Text 789

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
tomb T2 (296), S of cathedral (church 293)
Excavation no.
66.3.15/4 (reg. no. 66/100)
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
1000–1199
Notes
strongly resembling I. QI 63 (DBMNT 673) – certainly the same workshop and the same period; perhaps a bishop's epitaph
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 17; W: 16; Th: 4.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
1.0-1.6
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) stela with rounded corners; epigraphic field framed by raised border; W of bottom margin c. 4.0
Decorative elements
oblique incised lines on the left raised border
State of preservation
lower left corner preserved: beginnings of lines with portions of left and lower margins
Date
1000–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 248
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. QI 78, fig. on p. 248
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 2010, p. 305 (inventory)
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Text 790

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
found in 1978 on dump of the 1976 season
Excavation no.
78.3.26/2
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 1000–1299
Notes
fragment of dating formula (?)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 8.7; W: 5.7; Th: 1.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
c. 1.0
Description
fragment of stela or slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no margins preserved
Date
probably 1000–1299
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 80
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Text 791

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman house B60, room 260, below floor 3
Excavation no.
82.2.14/84
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
JdE 97356
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
600–1199
Notes
remains of pax-formula
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 11; W: 9.5; Th: 4.1
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
red
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower right corner preserved: endings of lines with portions of lower and right margins; surface badly worn out
Date
600–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 81
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Text 792

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman house B2, room 161, reused in the wall
Excavation no.
74.2.8/2
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph (?)
Date
550–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 10.5; W: 21; Th: 4.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line, curved in the corner; lower margin c. 5 cm wide
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower right corner preserved; endings of lines with portions of lower and right margins
Date
550–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 253
Image
Image not available
Source
 
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Latest edition
I. QI 82, fig. on p. 253
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