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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
tomb east of cathedral, immured in east wall
Excavation no.
F 222/61-2 (inscr. inv. 63/I/61; neg. nos. Fa.61.423–Fa.61.425, Fa.61/2.0033, Fa.61/2.0091, Fa.61/2.0091a, Fa.61/2.0832)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 23379
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Content
epitaph of Iesou (II), bishop of Pachoras
Date
probably 4 June 1169
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
date reckoned on the basis of the previous bishops' episcopacy; lunar day incorrect – 1 day later than Alexandrian cycle
I. Faras Greek gives F 226/61–2 as excavation no.
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 42; W: 30; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
H: 37; W: 23
Object colour
grey
Text colour
lines painted red and white alternately
Lines
24
Height of letters
0.6-0.9
Description
rectangular slab, slightly broadening at top, ending with semi-circle
Decorative elements
aedicula-type decoration in relief: along side edges pillars with bases and capitals; at bottom relief representing vine; on top archivolt with row of globules
State of preservation
completely preserved
Date
probably 4 June 1169
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉ̇ⲡⲓ ⲧⲱ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲩ̇ⲛⲏ • ⲓ︦ • ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ • ⲇ︥̄
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, (day) 10, on the 4th (day) of the moon" (ll. 22–3)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩ̇ⲛⲏ
Weakdays
 
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Offices & titles
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁⲭoⲣⲁⲥ): l. 6; (ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 17
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲟⲣⲁⲥ): l. 6; (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 17
Source
neg. no. Fa.61/2.0091 (= I. Faras Greek 9, fig. 10)
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 3, pl. 3
Other editions
Marciniak, in: Michałowski 1962a, pp. 113–117, figs. 48, 49; I. Faras Greek 9, fig. 10
Other publications
Michałowski 1962b, pp. 231–232, pl. 78a, fig. 4; Michałowski 1962c, p. 115, fig. 5; Michałowski 1963b, p. 242; Michałowski 1965a, pp. 49–63 (context); Michałowski 1967, pp. 96–97; Leclant 1963, p. 189, fig. 13; Oates 1963, p. 162 (no. 8); Jakobielski 1966c, pp. 169–170; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; I. Faras Copt., p. 165; Altheim – Stiehl 1971, pp. 500–503; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 326; Hagedorn 1976, p. 185; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim, esp. p. 352 (no. 6); Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 9); CSBE(2), pp. 313–314 (no. 8); Satzinger 2004, p. 536; Łajtar 2022, fig. on p. 435
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