Text 45

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 14 (old)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
epitaph of woman Michaelikol, daughter of Ioannes, priest
Date
11 December 1037
Notes
l. 1 and last 3 lines in Greek (final prayer)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 47; W: 36; Th: 4.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
traces of dark paint
Lines
26
Height of letters
0.5-1
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
completely preserved
Date
11 December 1037
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
Dating formulae
ⲛ̇ⲥⲟⲩ ⲓ︦ⲉ︥̄ • ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ • ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ • ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯⲛ︦ⲇ︥
Transcription
"on day 15 of the month of Choiak, (in the year) from the Martyrs 754" (ll. 8–9)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡⲉⲡ︦ⲣ︦ⲉ︦ⲥ︦): l. 7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Argini (ⲁⲣⲅⲓⲛⲏ): l. 8
(Church of) Michael in Argini (ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲛⲁⲣⲅⲓⲛⲏ): l. 8
Source
photo by W. Godlewski
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 18, pl. 12
Other editions
Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 219–220
Other publications
Griffith 1913, pp. 128, 130; Junker 1925b, p. 116; Adams 1964, p. 248; Krause 1975, p. 76, n. 9; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 404; Łajtar – Van der Vliet 1998, pp. 36-43, 52 (no. 14); Adams 2001, p. 99; Hinkel – Abdelrahman Ali Mohamed 2002, p. 2; Adams 2003, pp. 70–71; CSBE(2), p. 85; Tsakos 2011b, p. 168; Richter 2013, p. 151
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