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Text 10
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text 141178
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Provenance
Kor
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 5588
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Joasi, son of Shi...a
Date
2 June 1163
Notes
lunar day incorrect – 12 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 55.5; W: 26.5; Th: 11.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
Lines
26
Height of letters
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field surrounded by raised border at top and right, and incised line at bottom; large space uninscribed at bottom
Decorative elements
State of preservation
almost completely preserved - upper left corner chipped out; traces of soot in the middle of stone
Date
2 June 1163
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
Dating formulae
ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲏ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲏ̄ ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ ⲓ︦ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲱ̄︤ⲟ︦ⲑ̣̄︥
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, day 8, on the 10th moon (day), (in the year) from the Martyrs 879 (?)" (ll. 24–6)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲏ
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Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. XII
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 12, pl. 12
Other editions
Barns 1954, pp. 28, 31
Other publications
Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 5); Łajtar 1996c, p. 107 (no. 23); CSBE(2), p. 86, n. 130, pp. 313–14 (no. 7)
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