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Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Ottoman house B8, room 115, fill below floor 1
Excavation no.
76.1.28/19
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of Kosmas, a priest
Date
600–799
Notes
'Here lie the remains' type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 21; W: 19; Th: 6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
upper part of rectangular plaque with hole in the middle (for a door-post?); text framed by slightly raised border (?)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete top (upper right corner broken off); surface worn out and centrally damaged
Date
600–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡⲣ/): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 111
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
SEG 60 1825
Other editions
I. QI 28, fig. on p. 111
Other publications
 
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