Text 558

Provenance
Wadi el-Natrun
Region
Egypt
Findspot
church el-Sitt Miryam, S haikal
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Deir el-Surian, Egypt
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
epitaph of King Georgios
Date
17 September 1157
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
bilingual text - Greek on the rim, Old Nubian inside circle; Griffith 1928b – AD 1158; corrected by Bagnall – Worp 1986; date in Old Nubian part only; 17 September 1157 fell on Tuesday; lunar day incorrect – 5 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle
Material
marble
Object dimensions
Diam: 72
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
white
Text colour
 
Lines
24 + 2
Height of letters
 
Description
round offering tray; double raised edge bearing Greek text, Old Nubian in central part
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
17 September 1157
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
lunar calendar
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲧⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩⲁ̇ⲉⲓⲗⲁ ⲅⲓⲛⲕⲉⲣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛⲛ̣ⲁ̣̇ ⲱ̄ⲕ︦ⲃ̄︥ⲗⲟ ⲉ̇ⲛⲟⲛⲁ
ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲧⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⲩⲁ̇ⲉⲓⲗⲁ · ⲇ̄ · ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛⲛⲁ · ⲱ︦ⲙ︦ⲏ︥̄ⲗⲟ ⲉ̇ⲛⲟⲛⲁ
ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛⲛⲁ · ⲱ︦ⲟ︦ⲇ︥̄ · ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥̄̄ⲗⲁ · ⲕ̄ · ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ · ⲓ︤ⲇ︥̄ · ⲡⲟⲩϣⲛ̄ · ⲃ · ⲗⲟ · ⲉ̇ⲛⲟⲛⲁ
Transcription
"in the month of Tapot (= Epeiph), taking place on (day) eleven, when it was (year) 822 of «from the Martyrs»" (ll. 16–17)
"in the month of Tapot, (day) 4, when it was (year) 848 of «from the Martyrs»" (ll. 18–19)
"when it was (year) of 874 «from the Martyrs», on Thoth 20, (day) 14 of the moon, (day) 2 of poush (= Monday)" (ll. 22–4)
Months
ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲧ
ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥̄̄
Weakdays
ⲡⲟⲩϣⲛ̄ · ⲃ · ⲗⲟ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 1 (Greek); (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲓ): ll. 9, 16 (Old Nubian)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo by C. Calaforra-Rzepka
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1928, fig. on p. 8
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
van Gerven Oei 2011, pp. 225–62, fig. 1
Other editions
Griffith 1928b, pp. 2–12 (no. 1), fig. on p. 8, pl. 1; Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 190–3 (Old Nubian only)
Other publications
Burkitt 1930, pp. 209–10; Plumley 1978, pp. 238–9; P. QI 1 11, commentary to ll. 8–9; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 114; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 3); Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 1); Welsby 2002, p. 89–90, fig. 34; CSBE(2), p. 86, n. 127, pp. 313–14 (no. 5), p. 317; Brakmann 2006, p. 305; CSCN, pp. 68, 238, 336, table 47 on p. 337; Łajtar 2014b, n. 1 on p. 221
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