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Provenance
Debeira West
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church, lying in centre of haikal
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 3990
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
epitaph of Petrou, deacon, son of abba Georgiou, bishop of Kourte
Date
1 July 1029
Notes
ll. 1, 19–25 in Greek (final prayer)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 55; W: 37; Th: 12
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
27
Height of letters
1.5-2
Description
rectangular block; the bottom side left unfinished; epigraphic field within low embossed frame
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete; text heavily worn
Date
1 July 1029
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛ̇ⲥⲟⲩ ⲍ̄ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲉ̣ⲡ̣ⲏ̣ⲫ̣ ⲁ̣ⲡ̣ⲟ̣ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯⲙ︦ⲉ︥̄
Transcription
"on day 7 of the month of Epeiph, (in the year) from the Martyrs 745" (ll. 7–8)
Months
ⲉ̣ⲡ̣ⲏ̣ⲫ̣
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon (ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ): l. 6; (ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲩ): l. 22
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 7
bishop of Kourte (ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉ): l. 7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kourte (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉ): l. 7
Source
photo by W. Godlewski
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 17, pl. 12
Other editions
Crum, in: Mileham 1910, pp. 19, 21, pl. 7; Junker 1925b, p. 133; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 206–9; Kosack 1974, p. 326 (no. 100); Phougias 1982, pp. 159–62
Other publications
DACL, col. 2882–3; Žabkar 1967, p. 16 (labelled 'Serra West'); Krause 1975, p. 76, n. 9; Shinnie – Shinnie 1978, p. 17; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 403; MacCoull – Worp 1995, p. 159; Frend 1996, pp. 153–4; Richter 1999, pp. 301–2; CSBE(2), p. 84; Tsakos 2009b, p. 201 (no. 2); Tsakos 2011b, p. 168; Richter 2013, p. 151
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