Text 3076

Provenance
Tafa – Kalabsha region
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
Museum no.
1257706
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Seueros, priest
Date
circa 600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 27.5; W: 20
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
red (traces)
Lines
17
Height of letters
 
Description
round-topped sandstone stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line on all sides, except bottom
Decorative elements
squarish cross on top, above text
State of preservation
incomplete, right-hand margin damaged
Date
circa 600–899
Chronological systems
indiction
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ⲙⲏ]ⲛⲓ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲛⲏ ⲓ̈ⲑ ⲓⲛⲇ[---]
Transcription
"in the month of Payni, (day) 19, in the [..] indiction" (ll. 15–16)
Months
ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲛⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡⲣ⸌ⲉ⸍): l. 12
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
SEG 65 2012
Other editions
van der Vliet – Worp 2015, pp. 34–8 (no. 3) (photo available at <http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1257706>)
Other publications
James 1993/4, p. 30 (tiny photo); CIEN 3, no. 28
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