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Text 29
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Trismegistos
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text 141196
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Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 7843
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Mart( ), priest, son of Isak
Date
900–1199
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 12.5; W: 17.5; Th: 2.8
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey-blue
Text colour
Lines
6
Height of letters
0.7-0.8
Description
fragment of plaque
Decorative elements
State of preservation
only fragment preserved with part of left edge; bottom edge lacking but text is not lost
Date
900–1199
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
day of the week
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ̣ ̣ [---] ⲓⲋ • ⲏⲙⲉ⸌ⲣ⸍ ⲡⲟⲩ⸌ϣ⸍ • ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛ̣[ⲏ ---]
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs [number], [in the month of ...], (day) 16, on the poush-day, on the [number] moon (day)" (ll. 4–5)
Months
Weakdays
ⲡⲟⲩ⸌ϣ⸍
Feasts
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. LXI
Image
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 63, pl. 59
Other editions
Other publications
CSBE(2), pp. 313–14 (no. 21); CSCN, n. 78 on p. 75
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