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Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 2, burial 5 associated with church
Excavation no.
64:12:1
Present location
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.
ROM acc. no. 973.24.995
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of man Tete
Date
probably 700–899
Notes
'one is God' type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 29.5; W: 17; Th: 7.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
yellow
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
0.9–2.5
Description
round-topped stela; back not smoothed; epigraphic field surrounded by incised line; irregularly ruled
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
originally found in two pieces, now glued together; complete
Date
probably 700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ ⲥⲟⲩ ϥⲧⲟⲟ̣ⲩ ⲙⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉ

(transcription by Łajtar)
Transcription
"on day four of (the month of) Mesore" (ll. 6–8)
Months
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
ROM archives
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 952
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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