Text 557
- Provenance
- Aswan
- Region
- Egypt
- Findspot
- Deir Anba Hadra, church, left jamb of apse; above DBMNT 1405
- Excavation no.
- Present location
- not preserved
- Museum no.
- Medium
- wall
- Technique
- painted (dipinto)
- Type of text
- commemorative inscription
- Language
- Greek
- Content
- commemorative inscription of abba Ioseph; mentioning King Koudanbes
- Date
- 7 April 1322
- Notes
- 7 April 1322 fell on Wednesday; lunar day incorrect – 4 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle
reported to have been written by the same hand as DBMNT 1405
- Material
- plaster
- Object dimensions
- Text dimensions
- not recorded
- Object colour
- Text colour
- black
- Lines
- 18
- Height of letters
- Description
- eighteen lines of painted inscription
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- incomplete; upper right quarter of plaster broken off (known only from transcriptions); ink obliterated in many places
- Date
- 7 April 1322
- Chronological systems
- Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
day of the week
king's occurrence
- Dating formulae
- · ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲛ · (ⲁ·ⲗ︤ⲏ· · ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁⲥ · ⸌ⲡⲟⲩϣ̣ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ⸍ ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ · · ⲓⲃ · ⲥⲉⲗ⸌ⲗ⸍ · ⲕ︤ⲁ
- Transcription
- "(in the year) from the Martyrs 1038, on poush-day, Pharmouthi 12, on 21st moon (day)" (l. 18)
- Months
- ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍
- Weakdays
- ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁⲥ · ⸌ⲡⲟⲩϣ̣⸍
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): ll. 2, 5
deacon of Great (Church of) Jesus in Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉⲟⲥ ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲙⲉ ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b: 'Timocles, great priest and deacon'; corr. Łajtar 2015b)
bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ): l. 5
epideacon of Great (Church of) Jesus of abba Seleukos, bishop (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲥⲉⲗⲉⲩ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲉⲡⲓⲥ ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲙⲉ ⲉⲡ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b 'great priest and famous'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
great lector (ⲁⲛⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲙⲉ): l. 6
nauarches (ⲛⲁⲩⲁⲣⲭⲏ): l. 6
naukrates (ⲛⲁⲩⲕⲣⲁ̇ⲑⲏ): l. 6
elder (?) of ruler (ⲁⲛⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍ ... ⲅⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲕⲁⲉ): l. 7
ruler (= king) (ⲁⲛⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 7
great lector of Odo (ⲟⲇⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 7
second epideacon (ⲉⲡ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲇⲉⲩⲧ): l. 7 (Griffith 1928b: 'the famous one and a second time'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
nauarches of Nawi (ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲏⲥ ⲛⲁⲩⲁ̇ⲣ): l. 8 (Griffith 1928b: 'seller [?] of ships [?] and admiral'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 8
king (ⲥ̇ⲕⲉⲡⲧⲓⲟⲣ): l. 8
ruler (= king) (ⲕⲩⲣⲁⲛⲟⲛ): l. 9
great epideacon (ⲉⲡ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲙⲉ): l. 9 (Griffith 1928b: 'the famous and great'; corr. Łajtar)
Ceasar (= king) (ⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁⲛ): l. 10
councillor of Ceasar Koudanbes (ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁⲛⲡⲉ[ⲥⲁ] ⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲣⲟ̇ⲇⲣⲏ̇), ll. 9–10
orthodox archbishop (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲛ): l. 10
king (ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲟⲥ): ll. 11, 14
doug( )ikshil: daug( )ikshi (ⲇⲁⲩ⸌ⲅ⸍ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲓ): l. 11
rex (= king) (ⲣⲓⲝ): ll. 12 (x3), 13
chartoularios (ⲕⲁⲣⲧⲟⲗⲁⲟⲥ): l. 18 (Griffith 1928b: as personal name; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Great (Church of) Jesus in Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉⲟⲥ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b: as personal name; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉⲟⲥ): l. 5
Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b: 'great priest'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Great (Church of) Jesus of abba Seleukos, bishop (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲥⲉⲗⲉⲩ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲉⲡⲓⲥ ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲙⲉ): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b 'great priest and famous'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Odo (ⲟⲇⲟⲛ): l. 7
Nawi (ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲏⲥ): l. 8 (Griffith 1928b: 'seller [?] of ships [?]'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
- Source
- Griffith 1928, pl. 3
- Image
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- Source
- Griffith 1928, pl. 4
- Image
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- Latest edition
- Łajtar forthcoming (a)
- Other editions
- Griffith 1913, pp. 57–58 (no. 1); Cledat 1915, pp. 47–48; Griffith 1928b, pp. 18–30 (no. 3), pls. 3–4
- Other publications
- Monneret de Villard 1937, pp. 60–61, 65; Frend 1968, pp. 321–322; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 124, 125–126; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 12), esp. p. 354; Hägg 1990, p. 161; CSBE(2), pp. 313–314 (no. 18); I. QI, n. 277; Deptuła 2015, pp. 128, 134; Łajtar 2015b, pp. 236, 239; Hendrickx 2019, pp. 15–17 (on ll. 9–14)
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