Text 656
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Region
- Nobadia
- Findspot
- tomb T9
- Excavation no.
- 78.1.23/16 (reg. no. 78/177)
- Present location
- Cairo
- Museum no.
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Greek
- Content
- epitaph of bishop of Kourte
- Date
- 900–1199
- Notes
- Material
- sandstone
- Object dimensions
- H: 33; W: 31; Th: 9
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- Text colour
- Lines
- 14
- Height of letters
- Description
- upper right corner of stela or slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border; l. 1 written on border
- Decorative elements
- border decorated with carved plait ornament; in upper part 3 conchs in low relief
- State of preservation
- upper right corner preserved, surface worn
- Date
- 900–1199
- Chronological systems
- Era of the Martyrs
- Dating formulae
- : ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ [---]
- Transcription
- "(in the year) from the Martyrs [ ]" (l. 7)
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- orthodox bishop of Kourte ([ⲉⲡ]ⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲟⲣ⸌ⲑ⸍ⲇⲟⲝⲟⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 6
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Kourte (ⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 6
- Latest edition
- I. QI 25, fig. on p. 105
- Other editions
- Other publications
- Łajtar – van der Vliet 2010, p. 716; CSCN, n. 78 on p. 75
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