date suggested by Bagnall – Worp 1986; Łajtar 1996c – 27 November, but the preceding year was a leap one, which is why 28 November is the correct date; lunar day incorrect – 6 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle
Material
limestone
Object dimensions
H: 49; W: 28; Th: 6
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
23
Height of letters
1
Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation
Date
28 November 1243
Chronological systems
lunar calendar Era of the Martyrs Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲑⲝ̄ : ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲓ ⲓⲑ̄︥ ⲭⲟⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 960, on the 19th moon (day), Choiak, the first" (ll. 21–2)
Neroutsos-Bey 1875, pp. 101–105; Dumont 1877, pp. 321–327, pl. 13 (reprinted in: Dumont – Homolle 1892, pp. 582–589); Weissbrodt 1905/6, pp. 5 (no. 3); I. Lefebvre 664; de Ricci 1909, pp. 154–161 (no. 2); Kaufmann 1917, pp. 146–7; Robert 1936, pp. 125–126 (no. 81), pl. 41
Other publications
Miller 1874, p. 97; de Rossi 1877, n. 3 on p. 32; Lefebvre 1902, p. 459; Weissbrodt 1909, pp. 12–13 (on date); Junker 1925b, p. 114; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 221–222; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 64; Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 13); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17 with n. 29; Bagnall – Worp 1980, p. 18 (no. 60); Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 11), esp. pp. 353–354; Łajtar 1993b, pp. 101–104; Bagnall – Łajtar 1994, pp. 11–12; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106 (no. 12); CSBE(2), pp. 313–314 (no. 17); CSCN, table 11 on p. 71