Text 2467

Provenance
Tafa / Bab Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
(a) and (c): found in 1818 by Bankes in unknown circumstances
(b): found in 1960/1 on south terrace of Bergheiligtum
Excavation no.
(b): BK/30C
Present location
(a) and (c): unknown (b): Museum of the Oriental Institute, Chicago
Museum no.
(b): E35594
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Theodoros
Date
900–1199
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
(a) and (c): not recorded
(b): H: 13.5; W: 10.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
19
Height of letters
 
Description
three joining fragments forming complete rectangular or slightly trapezoidal stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, put together from three fragments; upper margin complete, two bottom corners broken off damaging lower right part of the text
Date
900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Žabkar 1967, pl. 30c
Image
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Source
Žabkar 1967, fig. 26 (left)
Image
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Latest edition
Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 2
Other editions
Žabkar 1967, pp. 19–20, no. 3, fig. 29 (left), pl. 30c (fragment [b])
Other publications
Ricke 1967, pp. 15–16 (fragment [b])
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