Text 652

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
tomb T2 (296), S of cathedral (church 293)
Excavation no.
66.3.16/9 (reg. no. 66/103)
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
JdE 90881
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
epitaph of Iesou, bishop of Phrim
Date
6 May 1110
Notes
month in Old Nubian
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 57; W: 37; Th: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
white
Lines
28
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border in form of aedicula
Decorative elements
aedicula-type decoration: 2 simple columns without bases and capitals support semicircular tympanum with rosette (?) inside; above 2 crosses, one in each corner; elements painted white, red and green; letters painted white to form cross within square
State of preservation
complete with some minor damages at edges and in corners
Date
6 May 1110
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
: ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛⲛⲁ ⲓ︤ⲁ̄︥ ·
ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ … ⲱ̇ⲕ̄︤ⲋ̄︥
Transcription
"on (day) 11 of (the month of) Pachon" (ll. 19–20)
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 826" (l. 23)
Months
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ-ⲛⲁ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): l. 5
orthodox bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲫⲣⲓⲙ): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣⲓⲙ): l. 5
Source
I. Qasr Ibrim 19
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. QI 19, fig. on p. 65
Other editions
 
Other publications
Plumley 1970, p. 131, il. 104; Adams 2010, p. 305 (inventory), pl. 42d; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2010, p. 716
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