Text 614

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 29
Excavation no.
D.1/97
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 31496
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Iesou, called also Ittou, deacon, joknaishshil and archistablites
Date
1 September 1257
Notes
the latest funerary stela from Nubia
2 September 1257 fell on Saturday; the Era year spelled out; lunar day incorrect – 1 day later than Alexandrian cycle
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 33; W: 32; Th: 8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-blue
Text colour
 
Lines
21
Height of letters
0.7-1.8
Description
roughly square slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper part lacking
Date
1 September 1257
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
day of the week
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲑⲱ̄ⲑ ⲉ̄ ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲉⲙⲧⲏ ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ ⲉ̇ⲛⲛⲁⲧⲏ ⲋ ⲇⲉⲕⲁⲧⲏⲛ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉⲛⲛⲁⲕⲟⲥⲏⲁ̇ ⲉⲃⲇⲟⲙⲏⲕⲟⲛⲧⲁ ⲋ ⲧⲉⲧⲁⲣⲧⲏ
Transcription
"in the moth of Thoth, (day) 5, on the fifth day
(= Thursday), on the nineteenth moon (day), (in the year) from the Martyrs nine hundred seventy-four" (ll. 16–18)
Months
ⲑⲱ̄ⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 14
joknashi (ⳝⲟⲕⲛⲁϣⲓⲗ): l. 14
archistablites (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲥⲧⲁⲃⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 15
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(Church of) Emeo (ⲉⲙⲏⲱ): l. 15
Emeo (ⲉⲙⲏⲱ): l. 15
Source
Łajtar 2011, fig. 3
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2011, pp. 46–54, no. 3, fig. 3
Other editions
 
Other publications
Catalogue Warsaw 2006, p. 57, no. 17, fig. on p. 56; Brakmann 2006, p. 305; I. QI, n. 111 on p. 92 (sub 1); Tsakos 2011b, p. 168; CSCN, table 41 on p. 310, table 47 on p. 337
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