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Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Museum at el-Damer
Museum no.
SNM 3726
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Joassi, eparch of Nobadia and choiakishshil, son of Sentikol
Date
15 September 1161
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
lunar day incorrect – 14 days later than Alexandrian cycle
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 59; W: 35; Th: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
traces of red paint
Lines
27
Height of letters
0.7-2
Description
rectangular slab with recessed epigraphic field; line 1 written on top border
Decorative elements
at bottom cross flanked by monograms of Maria and Michael
State of preservation
completely preserved
Date
15 September 1161
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
Dating formulae
ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲱ︤ⲟ̄ⲏ • ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ • ⲓ︤ⲏ︥̄ • ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ • ⲏ̄ :
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 878, in the month of Thoth, (day) 18, on the 8th moon (day)" (ll. 23–4)
Months
ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
eparch of Nobadia (ⲉ̇ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⟦ ̣ ̣ ̣⟧ ⲛⲟⲡⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 25
choiakishshil (ⲕⲩⲁⲅⲓⲥⲩϣⲗ̄): l. 26
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Nobadia (ⲛⲟⲡⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 25
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. VIII
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 8, pl. 8
Other editions
Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 218–219; Barns 1954, pp. 26–27, pl. 5a
Other publications
Oates 1963, p. 162 (no. 7); Adams 1964, p. 248; Žabkar 1967, pp. 16–17; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 4); Łajtar 1992a, p. 124 (no. 5); Łajtar 1993c, p. 247; Shinnie 1996, pl. 32b; Łajtar 1996c, p. 107 (no. 21); Adams 2001, p. 99; Hinkel – Abdelrahman Ali Mohamed 2002, p. 230; Łajtar 2003, p. 72; CSBE(2), pp. 86, 313–314 (no. 6); Łajtar 2006b, pp. 114–115 (no. 1); Tsakos 2009b, p. 202 (no. 5)
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