epitaph of Merki, notary, meizoteros, chartoularios of Sai, exarch, protodomestikos
Date
800–899
Notes
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 30.2; W: 25.5; Th: 3.5–4.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
white-cream with gray-blue stripes
Text colour
Lines
19
Height of letters
0.5–1.8
Description
roughly rectangular marble slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete; lower right-hand corner broken off but with no damage to text; surface worn in places
Date
800–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲏ ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ ⲕ̄ⲃ̄︥
Transcription
"in the month of Thoth, (day) 22" (ll. 15–16)
Months
ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 16 meizoteros (ⲙⲓⲍⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 17 chartoularios of Sai (ⲭⲁⲓ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲥⲁⲏ): l. 18 exarch of Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲉⲝⲁⲣ ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉ̇ⲱⲥ): ll. 18–19 protodomestikos (ⲡⲣⲱⲧⲇⲟⲙⲓⲥⲧⲓⲕⲟⲥ): margin
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Sai (ⲥⲁⲏ): l. 18 Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉ̇ⲱⲥ): ll. 18–19
Anderson 1999, p. 75; Łajtar 2006a, pp. 102–4; I. QI 20, comm. to ll. 10–11; Łajtar 2015b, pp. 231–2, 238; Berkes 2017, p. 117, table on p. 119; CIEN 7, no. 41