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Provenance: el-Donga
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: area VI, re-used in crossing of two walls
Excavation no.
Present location: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
Museum no.: 1980/103/1

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of man Kosma
Date: 21 May 1093
Notes: North Argin, 11 km N of Wadi Halfa
weekday correct
one of the latest attestations of the Diocletian Era

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: H: 46; W: 28; Th: c. 8
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 27
Height of letters

Description: oval slab; epigraphic field framed by high raised border; line 1 (with date from Diocletian) written on upper margin; on left border cross and pentagram; on right border one line
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete; somewhat worn in middle part but still legible

Date: 21 May 1093
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲱ̄︤ⲑ̄︥
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ ⲕⲋ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ · ⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲱⲛ
Transcription: "(in the year) from Diocletian 809" (l. 1)
"on day 26 of (the month of) Pachon, Saturday" (ll. 25–6)
Months: ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays: ⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲱⲛ
Feasts

Offices & titles: sene of Talmis (= Kalabsha) (?) (ⲥⲉⲛⲏ ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲏⲛ): ll. 23–4

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Talmis (= Kalabsha) (?) (ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲏⲛ): l. 24

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Torallas Tovar – Worp 2002, pl. after p. 170
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Torallas Tovar – Worp 2002, pp. 169–74, pl. after p. 170
Other editions

Other publications: Almagro et alii 1965, pp. 94–5, pl. 21b, c; Teixidor – Garcia Guinea – van den Eynde Ceruti 1986–88, p. 281; Catalogue Barcelona 2003, p. 140 (no. 41); CSBE(2), p. 81, n. 92, p. 316; CSCN, table 47 on p. 337

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TrismegistosTM text 141592

Provenance: Biga
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery 5, tomb 8, in rubbish at west end
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of abba Isak, anchorite
Date: 550–799
Notes: photographed with a few Ginari stelae in I. Firth; already Reisner correctly as from Biga

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 550–799
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲧⲱ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ ⲉ̄ ⲧⲏⲥ ⲍ̄ ⲓⲛⲇ/
Transcription: "in the month of Athyr, (day) 5, in the 7th indiction" (ll. 6–7)
Months: ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 7
anchorite (ⲁⲛⲭⲱⲣⲏⲧⲏⲥ): l. 8

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Firth 1912, pl. 51 a 3
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Łajtar – Ochała 2023, pp. 59–62, fig. 1
Other editions: Firth 1910, p. 104; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, p. 14

Other publications: I. Firth, pl. 51 a(3); Junker 1925b, pp. 112, 117; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; CSCN, pp. 111–114

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TrismegistosTM text 103460

Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: near north temple, in front of south facade
Excavation no.
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (now probably Coptic Museum)
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised & painted
Type of text: foundation inscription
Language: Greek
Content: foundation stela of church in temple in Tafa, mentioning King Merkourios
Date: 14 December 710
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 79; W: 42.5; Th: 16
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: red
Lines: 15
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: almost complete - small part of lower right corner broken off; two small lacunas in middle of lower part

Date: 14 December 710
Chronological systems: regnal years
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲭⲟⲓ̈ⲁⲭ ⲓ̈ⲏ ⲓ̈ⲛⲇⲓ ⲑ ⲏⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲇⲓ̈ⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓ̈ⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲩⲕⲍ † ⲉⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲓⲅ ⲉⲧ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲫⲓⲗ/⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲃⲁⲥⲓ̈ⲗ/ ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲩ
ⲉⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲩ ⲉ : ⲉⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲑⲉⲟⲫⲩⲗⲋ ⲡⲣⲋ ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩⲥ
ⲉⲛ ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲭ[ⲟⲓ]ⲁⲭ ⲓ̈ⲏ
Transcription: "in the month of Choiak, (day) 18, in the 9th indiction, (in the year) from Diocletian 427, in the 13th year of the (...) king Merkourios" (ll. 3–8)
"in the 5th year of the (...) priest Ioannes" (ll. 9–12)
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 18" (l. 14)
Months: ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲭ, ⲭ[ⲟⲓ]ⲁⲭ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗ): l. 7
priest (ⲡⲣ⳽): l. 11

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Roeder 1911, pl. 90
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Łajtar 2009b, pp. 83–89
Other editions: Maspero (J.) 1909–1910, pp. 17–20; Zucker 1912, pp. 164–165; SB 1 1594; Kraus 1930, pp. 114–115; Felle 2003, pp. 81–85; SEG 53 2026

Other publications: Roeder 1911, pl. 90; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, p. 26; 2, pl. 16; Michałowski 1964a, pp. 199–200; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 97–99; Richter 2002, p. 153; CSBE(2), p. 73; CSCN, pp. 64–65, 74, 121, 210, 211, 212; Werner 2013, p. 100; SEG 59 1906; Hendrickx 2019, pp. 8 (text and translation), 10–13 (discussion)

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TrismegistosTM text 141593

Provenance: Nag' el-Sheima
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: narthex I/II/b, S wall, to the right of painting of saint
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved (?)
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: inscription left by Iesouskouda, deacon
Date: 1100–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 5
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 1100–1399
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar

Dating formulae: ⲁⲑⲩ̄︤ⲣ︥̄ ⲓ︤ⲃ̄︥ ⲥⲉ⸌ⲗ⸍ⲗⲉⲛⲏⲗ̄
Transcription: "Athyr 12, on the 30th moon (day)" (ll. 4–5)
Months: ⲁⲑⲩ̄︤ⲣ︥̄
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 1
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ̄): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Bietak – Shwarz 1987, pl. 47
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Bietak – Schwarz 1987, pp. 130–1, pl. 47
Other editions

Other publications: Catalogue Innsbruck 1978, fig. 10; Catalogue Vienna 1979, fig. 41; CSBE(2), pp. 313–14 (no. 20); Satzinger 2004, p. 536

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TrismegistosTM text 99229

Provenance: Meinarti (?)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.: ÄM 19780

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: epitaph of man Ngissinga, son of Milanya
Date: 26 July 1157
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
l. 23 in Old Nubian (length of life)
acquired in Luxor

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 24
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 26 July 1157
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧ ⲱ̄︤ⲟ︦ⲩ̄︥ … ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉⲁ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲃ ⲗ̄ⲟ̄︥
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 873 (...) in the month of Mesore, day 2" (ll. 20–1)
Months: ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉⲁ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 10
Other editions: Kortenbeutel 1938, pp. 61–4; SB 5 8763

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 221–2; Bull. épigr. 1940, 207; Oates 1963, p. 162 (no. 6); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Adams 1964, p. 248; Žabkar 1967, p. 17 with n. 29; Łajtar 1993b, p. 103; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106 (no. 17); CSBE(2), p. 86; CSCN, table 11 on p. 72

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TrismegistosTM text 98536

Provenance: Dendur
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: debris of sheykh's tomb
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: epitaph of man Marko
Date: 1100–1199
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
Łajtar 1997a suggested 11th–12th-century date; in such case Era of the Martyrs would be more probable; it is also confirmed by the use of Old Nubian

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 28
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
State of preservation: lower left corner broken off

Date: 1100–1199
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: · ⲁⲡⲟ [---]ⲗⲟ · ̣̄ ̣̄︥ : ̣̄ : [---] ̣ : ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ ·
Transcription: "(in the year) from [Diocletian or Martyrs + numeral] [...] of the moon" (ll. 26–8)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Blackman 1911, pl. XCIII
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Łajtar 1996c, pp. 101–4, 105 (no. 2)
Other editions: Blackman 1911, p. 60, pl. 93; SB 1 4949; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 11

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 44; 4, pl. 133; Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 15); Grumel 1965, p. 96 (no. 14); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16, n. 29 on pp. 17–18; Łajtar 1997a, p. 110, n. 10; CSBE(2), p. 314

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TrismegistosTM text 141595

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery 193 (probably)
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig (lost)
Museum no.: 688

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of woman Petroni, daughter of Kettiote
Date: 1009–1106
Notes: pronoia-type

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 33; W: 19
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 19
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
State of preservation: almost complete, right upper corner broken off but without damages to text; some lacunas in central and lower parts

Date: 1009–1106
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the Saracens

Dating formulae: ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ : ̣ ⲙⲟⲩ ⲥⲁⲣⲁⳤ ⲩ̣[ ̣]
Transcription: "Thoth [ ], (in the year) from (?) the Saracens 4[..]" (ll. 10–11)
Months: ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Richter 2013, pl. 34
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Richter 2013, pp. 140–1 (no. 64), pl. 34
Other editions

Other publications: Junker 1925b, pp. 123, 129, 131, 132–3; Richter 1999, passim; Ochała 2009, pp. 147–8; CSCN, pp. 140, 154–5; CIEN 1, no. 41

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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Elephantine Museum
Museum no.: 1075

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Pistoteknos, priest
Date: 600–999
Notes

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 15
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 600–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲙⲉⲛⲓ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ ⲕⲁ̣ ⲉⲛⲇ// ⲓⲃ
Transcription: "in the month of Athyr, (day) 21, in the 12th indiction" (ll. 14–15)
Months: ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest (ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ): l. 11

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 25
Other editions

Other publications: Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; van der Vliet – Worp 2015, pp. 36–8 (no. 2)

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TrismegistosTM text 141597

Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: rock tomb
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Kolouthos, priest
Date: 10 September 802
Notes: Monneret de Villard 1935–57 – AD 803

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 11
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 10 September 802
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ ⲓⲅ ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲓⲁ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⳤ ⲫⲓⲑ
Transcription: "in the month of Thoth, (day) 13, in the 11th indiction, (year) from Diocletian 519" (ll. 4–6)
Months: ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest (ⲡⲣ⸌ⲉ⸍): l. 4

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Fondo Monneret de Villard
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 26
Other editions

Other publications: CSBE(2), p. 76; CSCN, table 11 on p. 72; Richter 2013, p. 148

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TrismegistosTM text 104248

Provenance: not Nubian
Region
Findspot
Excavation no.
Present location: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Museum no.: MA 4758

Medium: stela
Technique
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Leo[
Date
Notes

Material
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 13
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date
Chronological systems: indiction
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: [ⲉ]ⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲑ ⲇ ⲓⲛⲇ̣ [ⲧⲣⲓ]ⲧⲏ
Transcription: "in the month of Pharmouthi, (day) 4, in the third indiction" (ll. 2–3)
Months
Weakdays: ⲫⲁⲣⲙ︦ⲑ
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Louvre Greek 112
Other editions: SEG 8 798; SB 4 7906; de Ricci 1934, pp. 259–61; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 36

Other publications: Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Łajtar 1994c, p. 571

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TrismegistosTM text 93821

Provenance: Kalabsha
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of woman P..thia
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲑⲱⲑ ⲕⲁ̣ ⲓ̣ⲛ̣ⲇ̣ⲓ̣ⲕ ⲓⲅ̣
Transcription: "in the month of Thoth, (day) 21, in the 13th indiction" (l. 5)
Months: ⲑⲱⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source
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Source: Lefebvre 1910, fig. on p. 65
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 44
Other editions: Weigall 1908, p. 106, fig. 1; Lefebvre 1909–10, p. 65 (no. 818), fig. on p. 65; SB 1 1600

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 41, n. 3; Curto et alii 1965, p. 85 ('Reperto n. 38'); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Van der Vliet 2002, pp. 178–84

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TrismegistosTM text 103582

Provenance: Sai
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: rocks on E bank of Nile
Excavation no.
Present location: Sai, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: rock
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: commemorative inscription
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: inscription mentioning high flood of the Nile; king Stephanos and bishop Iesou of Sai appearing
Date: before 1027–before 1057
Notes: dated to 11th cent., provided that Bishop Iesu is identical with Bishop Iesou of Sai from DBMNT 49

Material: stone
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: before 1027–before 1057
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲃ̄︤ⲗ︦ⲥ̄︥ … ⲑⲱⲑ̣ ⲗⲱ ·
Transcription: "(when) Stephanos was king, Abba Iesou was bishop of Sai, on [.] Thoth" (ll. 1–2)
Months: ⲑⲱⲑ̣
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 1
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): l. 1
bishop of Sai (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲍⲁⲏ): l. 1

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Sai (ⲍⲁⲏ): l. 1

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Boyaval 1976b, pl. 1a
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Source: Sayce 1910, pl. XLI, 6
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: SEG 51 2203
Other editions: Sayce 1910, pp. 266–7 (no. 6), pl. 41.6; SB 1 3897; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 239 (no. 2); Boyaval 1976b, p. 42, pl. 1a; SB 14 11576; SEG 26 1806; Łajtar 2001b, pp. 62–4; SB 26 16821

Other publications: Browne 2002a, p. 194; Hafsaas-Tsakos – Tsakos 2012, p. 86; Werner 2013, p. 108, with n. 18; Łajtar 2014b, n. 24 on p. 226

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