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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
funerary complex of bishops south of cathedral, found in fill c. 1 m from the northern tomb and attributed to it
Excavation no.
FA 110/62-63 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.0167)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234644
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Maththaios, bishop
Date
26 May 766–24 June 766
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 38.5; W: 32; Th: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
traces of red paint
Lines
15
Height of letters
0.7-2.2
Description
almost rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised borders on each side; last line written on bottom border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete, apart from last line which was broken off; surface very much worn, in some places completely illegible
Date
26 May 766–24 June 766
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲉ ⲙⲏⲛⲏ ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ⲋ ⲉⲧ[ⲟⲩ]ⲥ [ⲁ]ⲡⲟ ⲇⲓ[ⲟⲕⲗ]ⲏ ⲩⲡⲃ̣
Transcription
"in the month of Payni [...], in the year from Diocletian 482" (ll. 5–7)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 4
bishop (ⲉⲡ[ⲓⲥ]ⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496970
Image
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Latest edition
I. Warsaw 105, pl. 105
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., pp. 62–3, 202, fig. 72; I. Faras Greek 3, fig. 4
Other publications
Quecke 1975, p. 458; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 325; Hagedorn 1976, p. 184; Łajtar 1999, p. 162 (no. 121); Richter 2002, p. 178; CSBE(2), p. 75; Brakmann 2006, p. 301; Hägg 2010a, pp. 619–20; Richter 2013, p. 148; Catalogue Warsaw 2014, pp. 102–3 (with fig.)
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