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Text 42
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Trismegistos
TM
text 141209
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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Griffith's cemetery 4, in remains of superstructure of tomb 72
Excavation no.
4/72
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 7884
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of unidentified woman
Date
600–899
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 23; W: 18; Th: c. 2
Text dimensions
Object colour
white
Text colour
traces of red
Lines
14
Height of letters
c. 1
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised lines
Decorative elements
State of preservation
upper left corner lacking; text almost completely illegible
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ⲥ̣ⲟⲩ ϫⲟ[ⲩⲧ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲙⲙⲉ]ⲭⲓⲣ
Transcription
"day twenty-[...] of (the month of) Mecheir" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲙⲉ]ⲭⲓⲣ
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photo by W. Godlewski
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 14, pl. 10
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Griffith 1927, p. 75
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