Text 566

Provenance
Kalabsha (?)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig (lost)
Museum no.
680
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Epiphanios, meizoteros
Date
550–799
Notes
attributed to Qasr Ibrim but questioned by Richter
'Here lies' type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 15; W: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete; minor lacuna in lower right corner
Date
550–799
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ ⲕⲑ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲉ
Transcription
"in the month of Athyr, (day) 29, in the 5th indiction" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
meizoteros (ⲙⲉⲓⲍ⸌ⲟ⸍): l. 4
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Richter 2013, pl. 31
Image
Image not available
Source
Richter 1999, p. 297, fig. 1
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Richter 2013, pp. 131–3 (no. 58), pl. 31
Other editions
Richter 1999, passim, esp. 297, fig. 1; SEG 49 2348; SB Kopt. 3 1602
Other publications
Steindorff 1900, p. 238; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 115; Van der Vliet 2002, pp. 178–84; CIEN 1, no. 34; Berkes 2017, p. 115, table on p. 119
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