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Text 397

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6835
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Marakoud, son of Iotani
Date
25 July 987
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 33; W: 20
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
19
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
25 July 987
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙⲃⲟⲧ ⲙⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉ ·ⲁ·
ⲁ̄︤ⲡ︦ⲟ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲯ̄︤ⲅ︥̄
Transcription
"in the month (of) Mesore (day) 1" (ll. 9–10)
"(in the year) from Diocletian 703" (l. 19)
Months
ⲙⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Mina 319, pl. XVI.1
Image
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Source
Monneret de Villard 1933, pl. VI
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 319, pl. XVI.1
Other editions
I. Sak. 220, pl. VI
Other publications
CSBE(2), p. 80; CSCN, table 11 on p. 71; Richter 2013, p. 136; NOM 2, no. 10, fig. 3 & 3a (on reading of ll. 6–9); CIEN 7, no. 36
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Text 398

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6834
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Petrosinta, daughter of Mishsheta
Date
14 June 918 or 14 June 923
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 33; W: 29
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
17
Height of letters
 
Description
oval plaque, narrower in upper part; edges slightly raised
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete apart from small fragment of lower margin, fortunately without damage to text
Date
14 June 918 or 14 June 923
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the Saracens
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙⲡⲉⲓ̈ⲉⲱⲃⲱⲧ ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ ⲕ
ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲓ̈ⲧ ⲭⲗⲑ
ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲧⲉ
Transcription
"in the month (of) Payni, (day) 20" (ll. 8–9)
"(in the year) from Diocletian 639" (ll. 15–16)
"(in the year from) the Saracens 305" (ll. 16–17)
Months
ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Mina 320, pl. XVI.2
Image
Image not available
Source
I. Sak. 221, pl. VIII.1
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 320, pl. XVI.2
Other editions
I. Sak. 221, pl. 8.1
Other publications
Macadam 1953, p. 47 (on date); Till 1948, p. 358 (on date); MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 395; CSBE(2), p. 79; Ochała 2009, pp. 140–1; Tsakos 2010a, p. 683 (no. 1); CSCN, pp. 147–9
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Text 399

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6833
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
epitaph of Ioannou, priest of the church of Gabriel, son of Petikesari
Date
700–999
Notes
ll. 7–8 in Greek
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 19.5; W: 28
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
14
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
left lower part not preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲃⲱⲧ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ [---]
Transcription
"in the month (of) Pachon [ ]" (l. 9)
Months
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest of (church of) Gabriel (⳦ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓ̈): l. 8 (I. Mina 321 'son of Gariel'; corr. van der Vliet 1999a)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(church of) Gabriel (ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓ): l. 8 (I. Mina 321 as personal name; corr. van der Vliet 1999a)
Source
 
Image
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Source
I. Sak., fig. 4
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 321
Other editions
I. Sak. 222, fig. 4 (p. VIII)
Other publications
van der Vliet 1999a, pp. 140–1; Tsakos 2010a, p. 683 (no. 1)
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Text 400

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Museum no.
MA 3037
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Maria
Date
24 June 707
Notes
Letronne 1832 - 24 June 708; I. Louvre – 23 June 708; annual date correct already in I. Lefebvre
Material
limestone
Object dimensions
H: 36; W: 35
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
 
Description
square slab; epigraphic field framed at top and bottom by incised lines
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper left and lower right corners broken off
Date
24 June 707
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction (Egyptian)
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ̄ ⲡⲁⲩ̄ⲛⲓ̄ ⲗ︦ ⲓⲛⲇ/⸌ⲟ⸍ ⲋ ⲁ̄ⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟ̄ⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁ̄ⲛⲟⲩ ⲉ̄ⲱ ⲩ̄︤ⲕ︦ⲅ̄︥
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, (day) 30, in the 6th indiction, in the year from Diocletian 423" (ll. 7–10)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩ̄ⲛⲓ̄
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Louvre Greek, pl. 66
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Louvre Greek 114, pl. 66
Other editions
de Clarac 1841, pp. 888–9, (no. 484b); Letronne 1832, p. 109, n. 1 (= 1881, p. 98, n. 3); Froehner 1865, p. 317 (no. 283); CIG 4 9134; Revillout 1885, p. 15 (no. 22); I. Lefebvre 656; SB 5 8740, I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 27
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 18 (no. 15); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Grumel 1965, p. 96 (no. 15); Žabkar 1967, p. 17 with n. 29; Łajtar 1994c, p. 571; CSBE(2), p. 73; CSCN, table 11 on p. 71, p. 116
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Text 401

Provenance
Ginari (?)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Museum no.
MA 3354 (MNC 1955)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Aulose
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 18; W: 14; Th: 8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
1
Description
rectangular slab; traces of ruling
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper and lower margin slightly damaged; surface worn in places
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲉ ⲙⲏⲛⲏ ⲧⲱⲃⲉ ⲉ̄ ⲓ̈ⲛⲇⲓ̈ ⲁ
Transcription
"in the month of Tybi, (day) 5, in the 1st indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲧⲱⲃⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Louvre Greek, pl. 66
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Louvre Greek 113, pl. 66
Other editions
de Clarac 1841, pp. 889–90 (no. 484c); Froehner 1865, p. 312 (no. 277); CIG 4 9132; Revillout 1885, p. 23 (no. 27); I. Lefebvre 654; SB 5 8738; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 52
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Junker 1925b, p. 114; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Łajtar 1994b, p. 60; Łajtar 1994c, p. 571; SEG 44 1531 descr.
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Text 402

Provenance
Ginari (?)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Museum no.
MA 3355
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Maria
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 18.5; W: 14.5; Th: 6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
1
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper right corner lacking; crack in lower part
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲛⲉⲓ ·ⲓ̈ⲑ· ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲓ̈ⲁ ·
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, (day) 19, in the 11th indiction" (ll. 4–6)
Months
ⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲛⲉⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Louvre, pl. 64
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Louvre Greek 111, pl. 64
Other editions
de Clarac 1841, pp. 887–8 (no. 484a); Seyffarth 1850, p. 257 (no. 9); Froehner 1865, p. 317 (no. 284); CIG 4 9133; Revillout 1885, p. 23 (no. 28); I. Lefebvre 655; SB 5 8739; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 51
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Junker 1925b, p. 114; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Łajtar 1994b, p. 60; Łajtar 1994c, p. 571; SEG 44 1531 descr.
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Text 403

Provenance
Nawi
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima (only right part preserved)
Museum no.
42
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Georgios
Date
6 December 857
Notes
near Dongola
Crowfoot 1927 – AD 858; corrected by Grumel 1965; Creation Era gives AD 853, and Incarnation Era AD 876 (Grumel mistakenly 576)
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 44; W: 38
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
18
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
originally, upper right corner broken off; at present, only right-hand part of the stone preserved
Date
6 December 857
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the World Creation
Era of the Incarnation
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲭⲟ̣[---] ⲓ︦ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲕⲟⲥ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲋ̄ⲧ̄ⲙ̄ⲉ̄ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲥ ⲧ⸌ⲩ⸍ ⲭ̄︤ⲩ̄︥ ⲡⲁⲣⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ⲥⲓⲁⲥ ⲱ̄ⲝ̄ⲏ̄ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲫ̄ⲟ︦ⲇ̄︥
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 10, (in the year) from (the creation) of the world 6345, (in the year) from the coming of Christ 868, (in the year) from Diocletian 574" (ll. 5–7)
Months
ⲭⲟ̣[---]
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Crowfoot 1951, pl. LVI, 2
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 5
Other editions
Crowfoot 1927, pp. 226–8 (no. 1), pl. 56.2; SB 4 7428; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 244; SEG 8 871
Other publications
Grumel 1965, pp. 93–4 (no. 12); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Tsakos 2009a, pp. 221–2 (no. 4), fig. 3; CSBE(2), p. 77, n. 60; CSCN, pp. 195–6
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Text 404

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 37
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Silbestros, deacon
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
17
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ ⲗ̄ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲇ
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, (day) 30, in the 4th indiction" (ll. 5–6)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲱⲛⲟⲥ): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SEG 42 1658
Other editions
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 37); Łajtar 1992b, pp. 147–9
Other publications
Junker 1925b, pp. 112, 124; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; van der Vliet 2011a, n. 119 on p. 210
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Text 405

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 79
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Ioannes
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
17
Height of letters
 
Description
roughly rectangular slab; uneven in lower part; epigraphic field framed by incised line; ruling
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏ̣ ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ ⲕⲑ̣ ⲓⲛⲇ ⲓ

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, (day) 29 (?), in the 10th indiction" (ll. 16–17)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ginari, pl. LIa (2)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 79), pl. LIa (2)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 112, 125; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; CSCN, n. 74 on p. 244; van der Vliet – Worp 2015, pp. 36–8 (no. 4)
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Text 406

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 95
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Archaeological Museum, Cracow
Museum no.
MAK/AS/1632
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Martha
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 22; W: 21.5-23.5; Th: 6.5-7
Text dimensions
H: 17.8; W: 18.3
Object colour
grey; traces of green paint
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
1.2-2.9
Description
almost square slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
completely preserved
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲏⲫ : ⲅ̄ : ⲓ̈ⲛⲇ/ : ⲓ̈ :
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 3, in the 10th indiction" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲉⲡⲏⲫ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 1994b, phot. 2
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 1994b, pp. 58–9, fig. 2
Other editions
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 95)
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 112; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Łajtar 1999, p. 162 (no. 115)
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Text 407

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 122
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Archaeological Museum, Cracow
Museum no.
MAK/AS/1633
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of man Moiseou
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 31.5; W: 29; Th: 4.5-8
Text dimensions
H: 26.5; W: 23.7
Object colour
grey; traces of greenish-blue paint
Text colour
traces of red paint
Lines
11
Height of letters
1.1-2.1
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by double incised lines; ruling
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete; upper left corner missing
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲧⲏ ⲙⲉⲛⲓ ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ ⲕⲉ ⲓⲛⲇ// ⲉⲕⲧⲏⲥ
Transcription
"in the month of Mesore, (day) 25, in the sixth indiction" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 1994b, phot. 3
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 1994b, pp. 59–60, fig. 3
Other editions
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 122), pl. 51a (1)
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 112; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Łajtar 1999, p. 162 (no. 116)
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Text 408

Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 55, grave 123
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Touba
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲓⲛⲏ ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ ·ⲑ· ⲓⲛⲇ/
Transcription
"in the month of Phaophi, (day) 9, in the [...] indiction" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ
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. 45 (grave 123)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 112; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; NOM 3, no. 4 (reedition of ll. 1–3); CIEN 7, no. 33
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