Text 33

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church on south slope of kom, opposite north entrance
Excavation no.
FA 100/62-63 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.0165)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 32122
Medium
architectural element
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
foundation inscription
Language
Coptic
Content
foundation inscription of Iesou, eparch of Nobadia
Date
23 April 930
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 35; W: 125; Th: 14
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
c. 3
Description
lintel with inscription incised on upper protruding edge (l. 1) and on both sides of central decorative panel (ll. 2–8)
Decorative elements
central raised panel with sculptured rosette representing Maltese cross surrounded by vine leaves; cornice running along whole lintel
State of preservation
broken into two parts to the left of central panel; part of cornice lacking as well as lower left corner and part of lower right surface, but without damage to text
Date
23 April 930
Chronological systems
regnal years
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ ⲧⲙⲉϩⲙ︤ⲛ︥ϯ ⲛ̇ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ̣ [ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲙⲁⲓ̈ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ] ⲛ̣ⲣⲣⲟ ⲍⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲩ̄︤ⲥ︥̄ ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅⲓ⸍ ⲃ̄︤ⲗ︦ⲥ̄
ϩ̄︤ⲛ︥ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲕ̄︤ⲏ︥ ⲙⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ϩⲓ ⲁⲡ⸌ⲟ⸍ ⲇⲓⲟ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲭ̄︤ⲙ︦ⲋ̄︥
Transcription
"In the fifteenth year of [ ] King Zacharias, son of Georgios, king" (l. 1)
"on day 28 of (the month of) Pharmouthi, in (the year) from Diocletian 646" (l. 5)
Months
ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲣⲣⲟ): l. 1; (ⲃ︤ⲗ︦ⲥ︥): l. 1
queen mother (ⲙ︤ⲏ︦ⲣ︥ ⲃ︤ⲗ︦ⲥ︥): l. 1
abba (ⲁⲃ︦ⲁ︦): l. 2
bishop of metropolis of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙ̇ⲙⲣⲟ⸌ⲡ⸍ ⲡⲁⲭⲱ̄ⲣ): l. 2
eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛ̇ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ): ll. 3–4
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱ︦ⲣ): l. 2
Nobadia (ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ): l. 4
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0165 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 28b)
Image
Image not available
Source
Jakobielski 1972, fig. 28b
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 2, pl. 2
Other editions
Jakobielski 1966a, pp. 107–109, fig. 2; I. Faras Copt., pp. 110–114, fig. 28b; Rostkowska 1982, p. 209
Other publications
(selection) Michałowski 1964a, p. 203; Michałowski 1967, p. 82; Jakobielski 1969, p. 501, fig. 3; Donadoni 1969, p. 125; Vantini 1970, pp. 188–189; Orlandi 1974, p. 268; Quecke 1974, p. 136; Roquet 1978a, p. 342; Roquet 1978b, p. 535; Idzikowska 1983, p. 221; Godlewski 1986, p. 273; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 396; Van der Vliet 1999b, pp. 87–89, 92–94; CSBE(2), p. 79; Tsakos 2009b, p. 201 (no. 1); CSCN, pp. 210, 212
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