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Provenance
Ginari
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
in situ in unidentified grave
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of woman Staurophania
Date
600–899
Notes
in I. Firth it is labelled as 'from debris', but pl. 2.c in Firth 1912 shows it in situ; no grave number is given, however
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; upper margin destroyed
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲓⲛⲏ ⲉⲡⲓⲫ ⲕⲑ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲅ
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 29, in the 3rd indiction" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Firth 1912, pl. IIc
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 50 (unidentified grave)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Firth 1912, pl. IIc; Junker 1925b, p. 112; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25; Žabkar 1967, p. 16
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