F 220/61-2 (inscr. inv. 63/I/58; neg. nos. Fa.61.427, Fa.61/2.0094, Fa.61/2.0094a)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
unknown
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Ioannes (III), bishop of Pachoras
Date
21 September 1005
Notes
'God of the spirits' type weekday correct
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 60; W: 45; Th: 4.8
Text dimensions
H: 51; W: 31.5
Object colour
blue with grey patina
Text colour
Lines
A: 16; B: 13
Height of letters
c. 3.5
Description
slab in shape of pediment standing on right edge; square hole in upper part - probably form hanging the stela; epigraphic field marked out by lines incised in top, bottom and right side and by raised border running along left edge; divided into two uneven parts, part A larger with ruling; part B, on right side, without internal division
Decorative elements
State of preservation
text complete, with small lacuna in line 1; slab broken into 4 parts but put together
Date
21 September 1005
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs Egyptian calendar day of the week
Dating formulae
Part A ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉ̇ⲧⲏ ⲯⲕ︤̄ⲃ︦ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥ ⲕ̄︤ⲇ̄︥
Part B ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 722, in the month of Thoth, (day) 24" (part A, ll. 15–16) "on the Preparation Day (= Friday)" (part B, ll. 12–13)
Months
ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥
Weakdays
ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥ'ⲕ'
Feasts
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Offices & titles
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): A, l. 5 bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍): A, l. 14; B, l. 6
Marciniak, in: Michałowski 1962a, pp. 111–112, figs. 46, 48; I. Faras Greek 7, fig. 8
Other publications
Michałowski 1962b, pp. 231–234, pl. 77a, fig. 4; Michałowski 1962c, p. 115, fig. 3; Michałowski 1963a, p. 33; Michałowski 1963b, p. 240, n. 14; Anonymous 1963, p. 59; Leclant 1963, p. 188, fig. 12; Simpson 1963, pp. 313–314; Oates 1963, p. 162 (no. 1); Michałowski 1965a, pp. 49–63 (context), fig. 31; Jakobielski 1966c, p. 164; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Vantini 1970, pp. 221–226; I. Faras Copt., pp. 143–147; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 326; Hagedorn 1976, p. 185; Krause 1978, pp. 153–164; Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 8); Łajtar 2001a, p. 333; CSBE(2), p. 84, n. 112, p. 316 (incorrect month date); Tsakos 2009b, p. 202 (no. 1); CSCN, table 47 on p. 337