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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
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
apa (ⲁⲡⲁ): l. 4
priest (ⲡ̣ⲉⲡⲣ̣⸌ⲉ⸍): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo by W. Godlewski
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 51.18
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 9, pl. 6
Other editions
Griffith 1927, p. 63, pl. 51.18
Other publications
 
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