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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
site of pottery kilns (24-E-21)
Excavation no.
24-E-21/237; 24-E1/6d /R6+14/L.2
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 18140
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Ouareno, nun
Date
700–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 17; W: 21.5; Th: 4
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
c. 1.5
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line (lacking at right siede)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete but damaged at upper, lower and right edges; big hole in lower left corner (re-used as socket of door-hinge)
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ ⲥⲟⲩ̣ [ϣⲟⲙ]ⲛ̄ⲧ ⲙ̇ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ
Transcription
"on day three of (the month of) Payni" (ll. 5–6)
Months
ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
mother (= nun) (ⲧⲁⲙⲁⲁⲩ): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo by W. Godlewski
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 7, pl. 5
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 1961, p. 41; Adams 2005, p. 173, pl. 19a
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