Text 35

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
tomb east of cathedral, immured in wall
Excavation no.
F 223/61-2 (neg. nos. Fa.61.428, Fa.61/2.0092, Fa.61/2.0092a)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 63/1/54
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Petrou (II), bishop of Pachoras
Date
22 May 1062
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 53; W: 30.5; Th: 7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
pink
Text colour
 
Lines
19
Height of letters
1.5-2
Description
rectangular slab; bottom roughly dressed; re-used older architectonic element (probably lintel)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
completely preserved but for some minor scratches and holes
Date
22 May 1062
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛ̇ⲥⲟⲩ ⲕ̄︤ⲍ︥ : ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ : ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯⲟ̄︤ⲏ︥̄ :
Transcription
"on day 27 of the month Pachon, (in the year) from the Martyrs 778" (ll. 9–11)
Months
ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): l. 8
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 9
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 9
Source
neg. no. Fa.61/2.0092 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 45)
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 4, pl. 3
Other editions
Jakobielski, in: Michałowski 1962a, pp. 112–13, figs. 47–8; I. Faras Copt., pp. 149–52, fig. 45
Other publications
(selection) Michałowski 1962b, p. 231, pl. 77b; Michałowski 1962c, pp. 115, fig. 4; Michałowski 1963a, p. 33; Anonymous 1963, p. 59; Simpson 1963, pp. 313–14; Michałowski 1965a, pp. 49–63 (context); I. Faras Greek, p. 57; Dzierżykray-Rogalski 1985, pp. 35–8; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 404; CSBE(2), p. 85; Richter 2013, p. 146
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