Text 36

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
tomb east of cathedral, immured in east wall
Excavation no.
F 221/61-2 (neg. nos. Fa.61.424, Fa.61.426, Fa.61/2.0096, Fa.61/2.0096a)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 63/1/57
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
epitaph of Georgiou, bishop of Pachoras
Date
14 August 1097
Notes
ll. 13–15 in Greek (years of life)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 52; W: 37; Th: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
greyish-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
17
Height of letters
c. 1.5
Description
rectangular slab; roughly finished at bottom; epigraphic field framed from top and sides by raised border in form of aedicula
Decorative elements
aedicula-type decoration in high relief with 2 columns carrying lintel; upon lintel conch within arch; on top of columns incised crosses
State of preservation
complete
Date
14 August 1097
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲃ<ⲟ>ⲧ ⲙ̄ⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ ⲕ̄︤ⲁ̄︥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲱ︦ⲓ︦ⲅ︥̄
Transcription
"on day 21 of the month of Mesore, (in the year) from the Martyrs 813" (ll. 8–10)
Months
ⲙ̄ⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): l. 8
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓ̈ⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 8
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 8
Source
neg. no. Fa.61/2.0096
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 5, pl. 4
Other editions
Jakobielski, in: Michałowski 1962a, pp. 117–18, figs. 48, 50; I. Faras Copt., pp. 154–7, fig. 47; Myszor – Szczudłowska 1974, pp. 42–3, reprinted: Dembska –Myszor 1998, pp. 72–3
Other publications
(selection) Michałowski 1962b, p. 232, pl. 78b; Michałowski 1962c, pp. 115, fig. 6; Michałowski 1965a, pp. 49–63 (context); I. Faras Greek, p. 58; Krause 1975, p. 76, n. 9; Dzierżykray-Rogalski 1985, pp. 35–8; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 405; Richter 1999, p. 299; CSBE(2), p. 85; Richter 2013, pp. 146, 151
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