CIG 4 9122; Revillout 1885, p. 30, no. 41; I. Lefebvre 606; SB 5 8729
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 547; le Blant 1869, p. 81; Erman 1899, p. 412 (description and German translation); Junker 1925a, pp. 127 (on some formulae); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255
epitaph of Epimachos (formerly of Eudokia daughter of Elisabet)
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 50; W: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
14
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
Two joining pieces of a nearly complete slab; only a narrow strip is missing on the right, containing roughly three letters. The slab becomes narrower towards the bottom. The lowermost part of the slab is slightly higher than the main epigraphic field. It bears one line of text, the repetition of the monthly date, in a bigger script, but doubtlessly made by the same hand. The main epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving a narrow outer margin.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete; large parts of upper and right-hand margins preserved; upper half of the stone heavily worn and hardly legible; fragment put together from two parts
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲙ̣⸌ⲏ̣⸍ ⲡⲁⲭ̂ ⲡⲉⲙ[ⲡ(ⲧⲏⲥ)] ⲡⲁⲭ̂ ⲉ︦
Transcription
"in the month of Pachon, on the fifth (day)" (l. 7) "Pachon 5" (l. 14)
CIG 4 9123; SB 1 4164; I. Lefebvre 607; Junker 1925b, pp. 120–1, pl. after p. 112; SB 5 8730
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 554 & 556; Erman 1899, p. 413 (description);Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 255, 256; Roquet 1977, p. 173; Ochała 2011b, p. 220 (no. 2); NOM 3, no. 16, fig. 8 (on ll. 1–2 and 4–6); CIEN 7, no. 33
Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin (previously Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin)
Museum no.
9672 (old nos. ÄM 1484 + 1501 + 1502)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Petros, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
part of the same object was published as I. Lef. 610 (previously recorded as DBMNT 475)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 19.5; W: 21.5; Th: c. 6
Text dimensions
Object colour
dark brown
Text colour
Lines
10
Height of letters
2
Description
Three joining pieces of the upper part of a rectangular slab, with complete upper margin and the uppermost part of both side margins preserved. A fourth fragment belonging to the lower margin, was documented by Lepsius, but now is apparently lost; it should most probably be located in the lower left corner of the stela. The epigraphic field framed by a slightly raised border, 1.8 cm wide.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete, lower part missing; in present state the stela is put together from three fragments, preserving entire upper margin and upper parts of both side margins; Lepsius recorded a fourth piece with portion of lower margin, but it does not match the remaining fragments
Revillout 1885, p. 13, no. 18; I. Lefebvre 609 (= 610)
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 549 (= 552 + 555); Erman 1899, p. 412 (description and fragmentary German translation); Junker 1925, pp. 127, sub 6 (transcription of ll. 1–3); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255
Complete sepulchral cross in the shape of cross patée. The inscription arranged vertically in the form of a cross. The lower narrower part, undoubtedly serving for mounting the cross in the superstructure of the tomb, left unworked.
CIG 4 9126; I. Lefebvre 612; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 256; SB 5 8732
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 558; Erman 1899, p. 412 (description and German translation); Junker 1925, p. 120 (on l. 5)
church in south temple, on one side of the doorway leading from pronaos of the temple (naos of the church) to temple sanctuary; below DBMNT 1505, probably below inscription (a)
Excavation no.
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
Inscription commemorating the consecration of the church at the temple of Tafa after its renovation; kings Iarolt and Thomas mentioned
“in the past ninth indiction, on the first day of the month of [---]” (l. 3) “in the month of Mesore (day) fifteen in the third indiction” (ll. 6–7) “in the kingship of the most holy and most pious Thomas, master of entire Aethiopia, in the sixth year” (l. 9)
Months
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
lord of entire Aethiopia (= king) (ⲇⲉⲥⲡ⳽ ⲡⲁⲥ⳽ ⲁⲓⲑⲓⲟⲡ⳽): l. 9 bishop of the land of Nobadia ([ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ ⲧⲏⲥ] ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁⲥ ⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 10
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Aethiopia (ⲁⲓⲑⲓⲟⲡ⳽): l. 9 Nobadia ([ⲧⲏⲥ] ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁⲥ ⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 10
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 42 (photo at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=448625001&objectId=116055&partId=1)
Other editions
Young 1821, p. 157 (no. 2), pl. 9; CIG 4 9112; Revillout 1885, pp. 29–30 (no. 40); O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 14 (no. 6), pl. 11 (no. 822); I. Lefebvre 621; SB 5 8719
Other publications
le Blant 1869, p. 81; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16