F 22/61-62 (neg. nos. Fa.61/2.0120, Fa.61/2.0120a)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
48397
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
epitaph of Marianou, priest of the Church of the Four Living Creatures
Date
6 May 955
Notes
ll. 1–2 (dating formula) in Greek
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 35; W: 31.5; Th: 5.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
yellowish grey
Text colour
Lines
13
Height of letters
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised lines on top, left and right sides
Decorative elements
State of preservation
put together from 4 fragments; almost complete, only small fragment of right lower corner lacking; surface much worn, especially in lines 1-2; some lacunas
I. Faras Greek, p. 54, fig. 15; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 326; van der Vliet 1999a, pp. 141–2; CSBE(2), p. 79; Ochała 2011b, p. 220 (no. 1); Richter 2013, p. 151
official text of unknown character, mentioning king Georgios I, Zacharias, eparch of palace and Kyros, bishop of Pachoras
Date
30 August 867–28 August 868 or 29 August 877–28 August 878
Notes
year 583 from Diocletian was a leap year, hence year 584 started on 30 August; Jakobielski in I. Faras Copt suggests to read 4th indiction, which would give AD 870/1
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 35.5; W: 23.5; Th: 9
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
pink
Lines
19
Height of letters
Description
rectangular block; traces of framing incised line in upper left and lower left corners
Decorative elements
State of preservation
surface very much worn; text clearly legible only in central part
Date
30 August 867–28 August 868 or 29 August 877–28 August 878
"in the month [...], (in the year) from Diocletian 584 (or 594), in the twelfth year of king Georgios" (ll. 3–7)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
king (ⲛⲣⲣ[ⲟ]): l. 7; (ⲛ̄[ⲣⲣⲟ]): l. 16 eparch of the palace (ⲛⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ [ⲙⲡⲁ]ⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ): ll. 9–10 abba ([ⲁ]ⲃⲃⲁ): l. 11 bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲛⲉ[ⲡ]ⲓ[ⲥⲕⲟⲡ]⸌ⲟⲥ⸍ ⲙⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): ll. 11–12 domestikos of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲥⲧⲓ[ⲕⲟⲥ] ⲙⲡⲁⲭ[ⲱⲣ]ⲁⲥ): ll. 14–15
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 12; (ⲡⲁⲭ[ⲱⲣ]ⲁⲥ): l. 15
"on day 22 of the month of Epeiph, (in the year) from Diocletian 578" (ll.14–15)
Months
ⲉⲡⲏⲫ
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 3 monk in the monastery of Maurage (ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (...) ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲁⲅⲏ): ll. 5–7 archimandrite (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲧⲋ︥): l. 7 king (ⲛ︤ⲛⲉⲣⲣⲱⲟⲩ): l. 9 bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲛ̄ⲧⲙ̄ⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲋ̄ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲏ ⲛ̄ⲗⲁⲙⲡⲣⲟⲡⲟⲗⲉⲱⲥ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): ll. 11–12
Toponyms & ethnonyms
monastery of Maurage (ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (...) ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲁⲅⲏ): ll. 5–7 Maurage (ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲁⲅⲏ): l. 7 Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 12
Sayce 1898, pp. 111–112; Maspero (G.) 1903, pp. 161–164, fig. on p. 162; I. Faras Copt., pp. 75–80, fig. 10
Other publications
Griffith 1925, p. 263; Junker 1925b, pp. 113, 128, 130; Griffith 1927, pp. 94–96; Monneret de VIllard 1935–1957: 1, p. 200; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 65; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Jakobielski 1975a, pp. 325–326; Roquet 1977, p. 166; Łajtar 1992a, p. 121 (no. 8); CSBE(2), p. 77; Brakmann 2006, p. 305
Lefebvre 1902, pp. 456–60 (no. 20), pl. 12; Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 6 (no. 4); I. Lefebvre 564; de Ricci 1909, pp. 154–61 (no. 4)
Other publications
Crum 1902, p. 91 (no. 8396); Oates 1963, p. 162 (no. 5); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17 with n. 29; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106 (no. 13); CSBE(2), p. 86; CSCN, table 11 on p. 71
Michałowski 1964a, p. 196; Jakobielski 1966c, p. 162; Michałowski 1967, p. 89; Orlandi 1974, p. 268; I. Faras Greek, p. 56, pl. 17; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 327; Łajtar 2001a, p. 333; CSBE(2), p. 80; Tsakos 2009b, pp. 206, 214 (no. 27); CSCN, pp. 335–6, table 47 on p. 337
year 735 from the Martyrs was a leap year, hence year 736 started on 30 August
Material
stone
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
4
Height of letters
Description
inscription in three lines incised in stone roof of naos; date incised slightly above was executed with the same hand, and thus undoubtedly bleongs to this text
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
30 August 1019–28 August 1020
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Dating formulae
ⲁⲡ⸌ⲟ⸍ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯ̄︤ⲗ︦ⲋ
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 736" (l. 4)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 2 (Griffith 1913: ⲩ̣ⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍; corr. G. Ochała)