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Text 38
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Trismegistos
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text 141205
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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Griffith's 'Meroitic cemetery', grave 1070; SAS-site no. 24-E-27, N of citadel
Excavation no.
1/1070
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 5200
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of apa Epiphanios, priest
Date
900–1099
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 42; W: 26; Th: 6
Text dimensions
H: 15; W: 21
Object colour
blue-grey
Text colour
Lines
7
Height of letters
1.5-2
Description
rectangular slab, rounded at top; epigraphic field separated from upper part by incised line; only third part of stone inscribed
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete but severely damaged and worn
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛⲥ̣[ⲟ]ⲩ ⲓ … ⲙⲡ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲛ
Transcription
"on day 10 [---] of (the month of) Pachon" (ll. 5–7)
Months
ⲙⲡ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲛ
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Offices & titles
apa (ⲁⲡⲁ): l. 4
priest (ⲡ̣ⲉⲡⲣ̣⸌ⲉ⸍): l. 5
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Source
photo by W. Godlewski
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 51.18
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 9, pl. 6
Other editions
Griffith 1927, p. 63, pl. 51.18
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