Text 760

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
mainland: (a) context 9958, plan-sheet 5 of 8; (b–c) structure 9790
Excavation no.
(a) A-D+F-G+J+K: 88.1.1/20; (b) top right corner: 99.999/A11; (c) central piece: 99.999/A13
Present location
Kom Ombo
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified woman
Date
700–899
Notes
'Totenklage'-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
A: H: 11.9; W: 16.5; Th: 3.2;
B: H: 9.1; W: 9.4; Th: 2.5;
C: H: 8.4; W: 8; Th: 2.3;
D: H: 6.8; W: 6.9; Th: 2.2;
F: H: 10.3; W: 13.6; Th: 3.4;
G: H: 6.3; W: 4.9; Th: 6.7;
J: H: 14.7; W: 14; Th: 7.2;
K: H: 8; W: 3.1; Th: 2.5;
top right corner: H: 7.7; W: 7.2; Th: 2.5;
central fr.: H: 17.5; W: 15.5; Th: 7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
soft pink
Text colour
 
Lines
18
Height of letters
 
Description
10 joining (except for fr. K) pieces of a rectangular slab (upper right corner with side margin (fr. A-D); central part with no margins; fragments of the lower part (fr. F-G) with partially preserved margins (fr. J); originally stela was probably c. H: 40; W: 30; epigraphic field framed by incised lines, crossing at corner; flat outer margins c. 2-2.5
Decorative elements
2 crosses on the upper and 2 on the lower margin; linear decoration in corner (only upper-left survives)
State of preservation
right side (with upper and complete right margins) and bottom (with left, lower and right margin) with endings of almost all lines and beginnings of few last lines
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. QI, fig. on p. 153
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. QI 40, fig. on p. 153
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2010, p. 715; van der Vliet 2011a, pp. 213–4
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