Text 531

Provenance
Tafa
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
near north temple, in front of south facade
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo (now probably Coptic Museum)
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
foundation inscription
Language
Greek
Content
foundation stela of church in temple in Tafa, mentioning King Merkourios
Date
14 December 710
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 79; W: 42.5; Th: 16
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
red
Lines
15
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete - small part of lower right corner broken off; two small lacunas in middle of lower part
Date
14 December 710
Chronological systems
regnal years
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲭⲟⲓ̈ⲁⲭ ⲓ̈ⲏ ⲓ̈ⲛⲇⲓ ⲑ ⲏⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲇⲓ̈ⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓ̈ⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲩⲕⲍ † ⲉⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲓⲅ ⲉⲧ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲫⲓⲗ/⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲃⲁⲥⲓ̈ⲗ/ ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲩ
ⲉⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲩ ⲉ : ⲉⲡⲓ̈ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲑⲉⲟⲫⲩⲗⲋ ⲡⲣⲋ ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩⲥ
ⲉⲛ ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲭ[ⲟⲓ]ⲁⲭ ⲓ̈ⲏ
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 18, in the 9th indiction, (in the year) from Diocletian 427, in the 13th year of the (...) king Merkourios" (ll. 3–8)
"in the 5th year of the (...) priest Ioannes" (ll. 9–12)
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 18" (l. 14)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲭ, ⲭ[ⲟⲓ]ⲁⲭ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗ): l. 7
priest (ⲡⲣ⳽): l. 11
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Roeder 1911, pl. 90
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2009b, pp. 83–89
Other editions
Maspero (J.) 1909–1910, pp. 17–20; Zucker 1912, pp. 164–165; SB 1 1594; Kraus 1930, pp. 114–115; Felle 2003, pp. 81–85; SEG 53 2026
Other publications
Roeder 1911, pl. 90; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, p. 26; 2, pl. 16; Michałowski 1964a, pp. 199–200; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 97–99; Richter 2002, p. 153; CSBE(2), p. 73; CSCN, pp. 64–65, 74, 121, 210, 211, 212; Werner 2013, p. 100; SEG 59 1906; Hendrickx 2019, pp. 8 (text and translation), 10–13 (discussion)
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