Text 73

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TrismegistosTM text 102868

Provenance: Faras (?)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 198759 + 198763 (3 fragments) + 198842

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Iesou, son of Mariame
Date: 21 March 1173
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
I. Warsaw 109 – "fevrier"; Bagnall – Worp 1986 – correctly; Weissbrodt reads 'on the 26th moon (day)'

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 63; W: 30: Th: 9
Text dimensions
Object colour: rose
Text colour
Lines: 27
Height of letters: 0.6-1.2

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border; lower part left uninscribed
Decorative elements
State of preservation: originally complete, now incomplete broken into 6 parts; almost whole upper part and fragment of left margin lacking; surface eroded, especially towards bottom

Date: 21 March 1173
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲱⲡⲑ ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲟⲑ ⲕ̄︤ⲉ︥̄ ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ ⲕ̣̄ⲋ̣̄
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 889, Phamenoth 25, on the 26th (?) moon (day)" (ll. 25–7)
Months: ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲟⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/602488
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Warsaw 109, pl. 109
Other editions: Weissbrodt 1905/6, pp. 3–4 (no. 1), fig. on p. 3; I. Lefebvre 666; Weissbrodt 1909, pp. 4, 11–12 (on date); de Ricci 1909, pp. 154–160 (no. 5); SB 1 5716; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 15; Sadurska 1958, pp. 173–179, fig. on p. 177; I. Faras Greek, pp. 51–52 (no. II), fig. 14

Other publications: Junker 1925b, p. 114; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 221–2; Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 9); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Adams 1964, p. 248; Grumel 1965, p. 85 (no. 2); Žabkar 1967, p. 17 with n. 29; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 328; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 7), esp. p. 352; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106 (no. 14); Łajtar 1999, pp. 162–163 (no. 124); CSBE(2), pp. 313–314 (no. 10); Twardecki 2000, pp. 9–10 (English translation), fig. 5; Twardecki 2001, p. 140 (no. 16); Łajtar 2006b, pp. 115–116 (no. 2); CSCN, table 11 on p. 71

Text 74

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TrismegistosTM text 106125

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Church of Granite Columns, in pavement of main nave; next to Text 75
Excavation no.
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 235162

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Stephanou Inyitta, priest, chartoularios, notary, archimandrite, choiakishshil, and joknaishshil, son of Maranya
Date: 14 April 797
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
second oldest appearance of the Era of the Martyrs
the oldest attestation of Old Nubian and of Nubian-type majuscules
weekday incorrect - 14.04.797 fell on Friday; lunar day incorrect – 3 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 31.7; W: 18.1; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: grey, blue with white veins
Text colour
Lines: 21
Height of letters: 0.6-1.8

Description: rectangular plaque
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, surface eroded in places but not affecting the reading

Date: 14 April 797
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏ⸌ⲛ⸍ ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲓ︦ⲑ̄︥ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲟⲩϣ • ⲁ̄ • ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ ⲓ︤ⲇ︥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲫⲓ︦ⲅ̄︥ :
Transcription: "in the month of Pharmouthi, (day) 19, on day poush one (= Sunday), on the 14th moon (day), (in the year) from the Martyrs 513" (ll. 18–20)
Months: ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍
Weakdays: ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲟⲩϣ
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest (⳦): ll. 7, 16
chartoularios (ⲭⲁⲗ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 16
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 16
archimandrite of (monastery of) Maria in Timaie (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲉⲓⲉ): ll. 16–17
choiakishshil (ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕϣ̄ϣⲗ̄): l. 17
joknashi (ⳝⲟⲕⲛⲁϣ̄ϣⲗ̄): l. 18

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Timaie (ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲉⲓⲉ): l. 17
(monastery of) Maria (in) Timaie (ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲉⲓⲉ): l. 17

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/497540
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Warsaw 110, pl. 110
Other editions: Łajtar 1992a, pp. 113–129, pl. 2 (mistaken caption); SB 20 14176; Łajtar 1997a, pp. 118–119 (no. 2)

Other publications: Leclant 1967, p. 214, pl. 57, fig. 53; Jakobielski – Ostrasz 1967/8, p. 133 (b), pls. 24, 26; Łajtar 1996c, p. 107 (no. 29); Łajtar 1999, p. 163 (no. 125); Łajtar 2001a, p. 332; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 30; CSBE(2), p. 82, n. 97, pp. 313–314 (no. 1), p. 316; Łajtar 2006a, pp. 102–103; CSCN, p. 80, table 47 on p. 337, p. 339; Ochała 2016a, n. 45 on p. 1281; Obłuski 2019, pp. 220, 285

Text 75

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TrismegistosTM text 106126

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Church of Granite Columns, in pavement of main nave; next to DBMNT 74
Excavation no.
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 235164

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Thomas, priest
Date: 29 April 799
Notes: Alexandrian eras give AD 798, Diocletian and indictions AD 799

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 43.5; W: 37; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: grey
Text colour: red (traces visible at moment of discovery)
Lines: 17
Height of letters: 1.2-1.3

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by double incised lines; regular ruling
Decorative elements
State of preservation: almost complete; parts of all corners lacking - most severe in upper left and lower right, causing damage to text; also part of left margin lacking

Date: 29 April 799
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the World Creation
Era of the Incarnation
indiction
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲙ̄︥︤ⲏ︥̄ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ ⲇ̄
ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲍ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲏ ⲉⲝⲁⲕⲓⲥⲭⲓⲗⲓⲁ ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥⲓⲁ ϥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲓⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲭⲩ ⲯϥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁ[ⲛ]ⲟⲩ ⲫⲓ︦ⲉ̄︥
Transcription: "in the month of Pachon, (day) 4" (l. 7)
"in the 7th indiction, years (from the Creation of the) world year six thousand two hundred 90, (year) from the sojourn of Christ (on earth) 790, (year) from Diocletian 515" (ll. 8–10)
Months: ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest (⳦ⲃⲩⲧ): l. 12

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/497541
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Warsaw 113, pl. 113
Other editions: Łajtar 1992a, pp. 129–42, pl. 1 (mistaken caption); SB 20 14177; Łajtar 1997a, pp. 124–5 (no. 9)

Other publications: Leclant 1967, p. 214, pl. 57, fig. 53; Jakobielski – Ostrasz 1967/8, p. 133 (c), pls. 24, 27; Łajtar 1999, p. 163 (no. 126); Jakobielski 2001b, p. 30; CSBE(2), p. 76; Brakmann 2006, pp. 301, 317; CSCN, pp. 70, 122, 196, 199

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TrismegistosTM text 121911

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Church of Granite Columns, in pavement, west of pillar P 20
Excavation no.: D.25/66-7
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 235155

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 16; W: 15; Th: 4
Text dimensions
Object colour: white with traces of yellow paint
Text colour: chestnut
Lines: 4
Height of letters: 2-2.4

Description: fragment of left margin of plaque
Decorative elements
State of preservation: only part of left margin preserved

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Era of the Incarnation

Dating formulae: [--- ⲁⲡⲟ ⲉⲡⲓ]ⲇ̣ⲏⲙⲓⲁ̣[ⲥ ⲭ̄︤ⲩ︦ …]
Transcription: "[in the year from the] sojurn [of Christ on earth]" (ll. 1–2)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Warsaw, pl. 114
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Warsaw 114, pl. 114
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 1999, p. 163, no. 127; CSCN, p. 193

Text 77

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TrismegistosTM text 102626

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral cemetery terrace (plaza 758), to the west of south church (church 294)
Excavation no.: 66.2.22/8 (reg. no. 66/43)
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: JdE 90878

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Marianou, bishop of Pachoras
Date: 11 November 1036
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 70; W: 40; Th: 10
Text dimensions
Object colour: grey
Text colour
Lines: 27
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab, rounded at top; epigraphic field framed by raised border; lines 1-3 separated from rest of texts by horizontal incised line; letters larger in upper and lower parts, smaller towards centre
Decorative elements: incised cross in central upper part; small incised cross on lower border
State of preservation: complete (judging from picture from 1974)

Date: 11 November 1036
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ̇ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ : ⲯ̄︤ⲛ︦ⲅ̄︥ :
ⲁⲑⲩⲣ : ⲓ︦ⲉ̄︥
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 753" (l. 3)
"Athyr 15" (l. 26)
Months: ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: orthodox bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲟⲣ⸌ⲑ⸍ ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 9; (ⲟⲣ⸌ⲑ⸍ⲇⲟⲝⲟⲛ ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 23
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): ll. 9, 22
archimandrite of (monastery of) Pouko (ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲙⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲟⲩⲕⲱ): l. 10
apostle to Babylon (ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ): ll. 10–11

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 9; (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 23
(monastery of) Pouko (ⲡⲟⲩⲕⲱ): l. 10
Babylon (ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ): l. 11
island of Time (ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲙⲉ): ll. 11–12
(church of) the Four Living Creatures on the island of Time (ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲍⲱⲁ ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲙⲉ): ll. 11–12

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Qasr Ibrim 22
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. QI 22, fig. on p. 87
Other editions: Plumley 1971, pp. 77–84; I. Faras Greek 8, fig. 9

Other publications: Plumley 1966, p. 11; Plumley 1970, p. 131, il. 102; I. Faras Copt., p. 144, n. 18; Plumley 1982b, pp. 108–9; Łajtar 1992a, p. 120 (no. 2); Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 4); Łajtar – Van der Vliet 1998, pp. 44–5 (no. 2); CSBE(2), p. 85; Adams 2010, pp. 243 (translation), 305 (inventory), pl. 42e; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2010, pp. 716–17; Tsakos 2011b, p. 168; Obłuski 2019, pp. 285–286

Text 78

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TrismegistosTM text 102854

Provenance: Faras (Colasucia)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Museo Egizio, Turin
Museum no.: Cat. 7142 RCGE 28976

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of woman Papsine/Doulista, daughter of bishop, mother of bishop of Pachoras and daughter of Titta (formerly known as epitaph of Tamer, bishop of Pachoras)
Date: 30 March 1184
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 43; W: 24; Th: 8.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 28
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border on top and sides
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 30 March 1184
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲫⲁⲣ : ⲇ̄ : ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩ⸌ⲛ⸍ ‘ⲑ
Transcription: "Pharmouthi 4, (in the year) from the Martyrs 900 (?)" (ll. 27–8)
Months: ⲫⲁⲣ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⳤ̣): l. 7
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⳤ⸍ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 20

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): ll. 19, 20
(Church of) Michael in Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲭ︦ⲡ︦ⲑ︦ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 21

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Kubińska 1974, fig. 11
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: van der Vliet 2019, pp. 217–235, fig. 1
Other editions: Vidua 1826, pp. 22–23, pl. 20.1; CIG 4 9121; le Blant 1878, pp. xxiii–xxiv; Revillout 1885, pp. 19–22 (no. 25); Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 5 (no. 2); I. Lefebvre 636; DACL 1, cols. 1529–1530; de Ricci 1909, pp. 153–1561 (no. 1); Kaufmann 1917, p. 148; SB 5 8728; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 8; I. Faras Copt., p. 205 (cf. 166–168); I. Faras Greek 10, fig. 11

Other publications: Letronne 1827, p. 23–24 (= 1883, p. 263); le Blant 1869, p. 81; Griffith 1925, p. 262; Junker 1925b, passim; Griffith 1927, pp. 92–93; Monneret de VIllard 1935–1957: 1, p. 200; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 58; Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 163; Oates 1963, pp. 163 (no. 12), 165; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, pp. 499–500 & passim; Jakobielski 1966c, p. 156; Žabkar 1967, p. 16, n. 29 on p. 17; Quecke 1975, p. 458; Hagedorn 1976, p. 185; Bagnall – Worp 1986, pp. 353–354; Leospo 1987, p. 44, pl. 15; Donadoni Roveri 1990, p. 234 + fig.; Łajtar 1994a, pp. 201–203; Godlewski 1995, p. 114; Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 6); Łajtar – van der Vliet 1998, p. 49 (no. 9); van der Vliet 2007, pp. 185–191 (= van der Vliet 2018b, pp. 341–345); Łajtar 2014b, p. 225; Jakobielski et alii 2017, pp. 406, 446; CIEN 7, no. 38; van der Vliet 2021, p. 4, table 3

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TrismegistosTM text 102628

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church
Excavation no.
Present location: British Museum, London
Museum no.: EA1600

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Partholomeos, great priest of the Church of the Virgin
Date: 18 January 1181
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
lunar day incorrect – 13 days later than Alexandrian cycle; year date correctly read in Bagnall – Worp 1986, no. 8

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 50; W: 25
Text dimensions
Object colour: pale pink
Text colour
Lines: 25
Height of letters

Description: roughly rectangular sandstone slab; epigraphic field framed by decorative raised border on top and sides
Decorative elements: rasied border decorated with plaitwork pattern
State of preservation: complete, but obliterated

Date: 18 January 1181
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar

Dating formulae: ⲧⲩⲃⲓ ⲕ︤ⲅ︥ ⲥⲉⲗⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲏ ⲓⲋ̄︥ · ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ̣⸍ ⲱ︤ϥ︦ⲍ
Transcription: "Tybi 23, on the 16th moon (day), (in the year) from the Martyrs 897" (l. 23)
Months: ⲧⲩⲃⲓ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: great priest of (Church of) Virgin (⳦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲑ⸍): l. 24

Toponyms & ethnonyms: (Church of) Virgin (ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲑ⸍): l. 24

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: © The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA1600
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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 63
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 11 (photo available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=402799001&objectId=124274&partId=1)
Other editions: Griffith 1926, pp. 84–5, pls. 62.3, 63; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 196; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 7

Other publications: Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 10); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Michałowski 1964a, n, 6 on p. 197; Grumel 1965, p. 87 (no. 4); Žabkar 1967, p. 16, n. 29 on p. 17; I. Faras Copt., p. 170; Hagedorn 1976, p. 185; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 8), esp. p. 352; Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 7); CSBE(2), pp. 313–14 (no. 11); Satzinger 2004, p. 536

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TrismegistosTM text 102853

Provenance: Faras (Colasucia)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Museo Egizio, Turin
Museum no.: Cat. 7141 RCGE 28975

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of woman Kousimia
Date: 800–999
Notes: in I. Faras Greek month and numeral mistakenly read

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: H: 40; W: 24
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 12
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; Nubian majuscules
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete but somewhat damaged in lower left part and in middle of right margin

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑ ⲕⲍ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲓⲁ †

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription: "(in the month of) Pharmouthi, (day) 27, in the 11th indiction" (ll. 11–12)
Months: ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Kubińska 1974, fig. 12
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 12, fig. 12
Other editions: Vidua 1826, pp. 22–23, pl. 19.2; Letronne 1827, pp. 23–24 (= 1883, p. 263); CIG 4 9120; Revillout 1885, pp. 16–17 (no. 24); Weissbrodt 1905/6, pp. 8–9 (no. 6); I. Lefebvre 635; SB 5 8727; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 19

Other publications: le Blant 1869, p. 82, 85; Junker 1925b, passim; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; van der Vliet 2021, p. 4, table 3

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TrismegistosTM text 102629

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: south monastery
Excavation no.: F 212/61-62 (neg. no. Fa.61/2.0724)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: probably 1000–1199
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 14.5; W: 14
Text dimensions
Object colour: grey
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters: 0.8-1.4

Description: fragment of slab, epigraphic field framed by raised border at left margin
Decorative elements
State of preservation: only left lower corner preserved; surface very much worn and largely illegible

Date: probably 1000–1199
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥ ⲕ̣[ ̣]
Transcription: "Thoth 2[.]" (l. 8)
Months: ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.61/2.0724 (= I. Khartoum Greek 4, pl. 4)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Greek 4, pl. 4
Other editions: Jakobielski 1965, p. 175 (no. 8), fig. 92; I. Faras Greek 13, fig. 13

Other publications: Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 10); Tsakos 2009b, p. 202 (no. 6)

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TrismegistosTM text 102867

Provenance: Meinarti (?)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Collection Yule, Alexandria (destroyed in 1882)
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Ioannes, eparch of Nobadia
Date: 25 November 1006
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
known only from squeeze owned by bishop of Limerick (Ireland), now in Paris (?)

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: H: 34; W: 30
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 25
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab of stone; epigraphic filed framed by incised line in form of aedicula
Decorative elements: stela was arched, arch resting on two columns
State of preservation

Date: 25 November 1006
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ ⲕ̄︤ⲑ︦ : ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯ̄︤ⲕ︦ⲅ̄︥ :
Transcription: "in the month of Choiak, (day) 29, (in the year) from the Martyrs 723" (ll. 20–1)
Months: ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲃⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 6

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Nobadia (ⲛⲟⲃⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 6

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Bond – Thompson – Warner 1884–94, II: pl. 102
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Greek, pp. 49–50 (no. I)
Other editions: Bond – Thompson – Warner 1884–94, II: pl. 102; I. Lefebvre 665; de Ricci 1909, pp. 154–61 (no. 3); Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 7 (no. 5); I. Nubia Tibilietti Bruno 6

Other publications: Junker 1925b, p. 114; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 220; Oates 1963, p. 162 (no. 2); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Łajtar 1996c, pp. 105–6 (no. 11); CSBE(2), p. 84

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TrismegistosTM text 103775

Provenance: Meinarti (?)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Museum no.: MND 855

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Papsa, priest, choiakishshil, son of Maranya
Date: 27 November 1181
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
lunar day incorrect – 1 day earlier than Alexandrian cycle

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 47; W: 28; Th: 9
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 28
Height of letters: c. 1

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 27 November 1181
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar

Dating formulae: ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲱ̄ϥ︦ⲏ︥ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲭⲟⲓⲁ ⲙⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲁ̄ • ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ • ⲓ︤ⲏ︥̄ •
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 898, on the 1st day of the month of Choiak, on the 18th moon (day)" (ll. 23–4)
Months: ⲭⲟⲓⲁ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest (⳦): ll. 7, 20, 25
choiakishshil (ⲕⲉⲓⲁⲕϣϣⲓ): ll. 25–6

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I Louvre, pl. 67
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Louvre Greek 115, pl. 67
Other editions: de Ricci 1909, pp. 153–161; SB 3 6035; SB 5 8765; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 16; I. Faras Greek, pp. 53–54 (no. III)

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 64; Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 11); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Grumel 1965, p. 87 (no. 5); Žabkar 1967, p. 17 with n. 29; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 9); Łajtar 1992a, p. 123 (no. 2); Łajtar 1993c, pp. 245–247; Łajtar 1994c, p. 571; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106 (no. 16); CSBE(2), pp. 313–314 (no. 12); Łajtar 2006b, p. 117 (no. 3)

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TrismegistosTM text 141231

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, narthex, right door frame of south entrance; above DBMNT 1790
Excavation no.: A 302a.2 (neg. nos. Fa.61/2.0740, Fa.61/2.0741)
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: date
Language: unidentified
Content: date
Date: 29 August 953–28 August 954
Notes: the same hand as in DBMNT 1790 and 3181, most probably commenced at the same time

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: one line of text incised in plaster
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 29 August 953–28 August 954
Chronological systems: Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡ̄︤ⲟ︦ⲇ︦ⲓⲟ⸌ⲕ̣ⲗⲏ⸍ ⲭ̄︤ⲟ̣︥̄
Transcription: "(in the year) from Diocletian 670" (l. 1)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.61/2.0740 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 31)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 30a, fig. 31
Other editions: Jakobielski 1965, p. 188 (no. 41), fig. 113; I. Faras Copt., p. 119, fig. 32

Other publications: Michałowski 1965a, p. 95, n. 29; CSBE(2), p. 79

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