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Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
4074
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Mena
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 24; W: 17
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
 
Description
slab vaulted at top; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
copmlete; new picture in Brunsch reveals some damage in upper part
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲯⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧ
Transcription
"on day nine (of the month of) Pharmouthi" (ll. 8–10)
Months
ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Mina 309, pl. XIII.2
Image
Image not available
Source
Kamel – Girgis 1987, pl. 28
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 1201
Other editions
I. Sak. 210; I. Mina 309, pl. XIII.2; Brunsch 1995, p. 80 + pl.
Other publications
Kamel – Girgis 1987, p. 53 (no. 83), pls. XXXVII (photo) & 28 (tracing)
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