tomb T2 (296), to the south of cathedral (church 293)
Excavation no.
66.3.16/6 (reg. no. 66/104)
Present location
Petrie Museum, University College London
Museum no.
UC 2373
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Georgiou, bishop of Phrim
Date
1100–1199
Notes
dated on analogy with DBMNT 654
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 57; W: 37; Th: 4.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
painted red and green
Text colour
Lines
18
Height of letters
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border in form of aedicula
Decorative elements
aedicula-type decoration: 2 columns supporting semicircular tympanum with conch or rosette inside; 2 crosses above
State of preservation
complete
Date
1100–1199
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
: ⲁ̇ⲑ︤ⲩ︦ⲣ︥ : ⲓ︤ⲉ︥̄ :
Transcription
"Athyr 15" (l. 8)
Months
ⲁ̇ⲑ︤ⲩ︦ⲣ︥
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 5 bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲫⲣⲙ̄): l. 6 notary of eparch (ⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 10 archimandrite of (monastery of) Raphael (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ): l. 10 archimandrite of (monastery of) Pashshe (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲡⲁϣϣⲉ): l. 11
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣⲙ︦): l. 6 (monastery of) Raphael (ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ): l. 10 (monastery of) Pashshe (ⲡⲁϣϣⲉ): l. 11
Plumley 1966, p. 11, pl. 4.5; Plumley 1970, p. 131, il. 105; Łajtar 1992a, pp. 120–121 (no. 4); Adams 2010, p. 305 (inventory), pl. 42f; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2010, pp. 716–717; Obłuski 2019, p. 220; Obłuski 2019, pp. 220, 286