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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
east of cathedral in pile of drifted sand
Excavation no.
F 22/61-62 (neg. nos. Fa.61/2.0120, Fa.61/2.0120a)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
48397
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
epitaph of Marianou, priest of the Church of the Four Living Creatures
Date
6 May 955
Notes
ll. 1–2 (dating formula) in Greek
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 35; W: 31.5; Th: 5.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
yellowish grey
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised lines on top, left and right sides
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
put together from 4 fragments; almost complete, only small fragment of right lower corner lacking; surface much worn, especially in lines 1-2; some lacunas
Date
6 May 955
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲓ̈ ⲡⲁ[⸌ⲭ⸍] ⲓⲁ ⲇⲓⲟ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲭ̄︤ⲟ︦ⲁ̄︥
ⲛ̄ⲥ[ⲟⲩ] ⲙ̄︤ⲛ︥ⲧⲟⲩⲁ ⲙ̄ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍
Transcription
'in the month of Pachon, (day) 11, (in the year from) Diocletian 671" (l. 2)
"on day eleven (of the month) of Pachon" (l. 6)
Months
ⲡⲁ[⸌ⲭ⸍]
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest of (church of) the Four Living Creatures (⳦ ⲙⲡϥ︦ⲧⲟ̣ⲟⲩ ⲛⲍⲟⲱⲛ̣): ll. 5–6 (I. Faras Copt. ⳦ ⲡ̣ϥ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ϥ̣ⲍⲟⲱⲏ̣; corr. Van der Vliet 1999a)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(church of) the Four Living Creatures (ⲡϥ︦ⲧⲟ̣ⲟⲩ ⲛⲍⲟⲱⲛ̣): ll. 5–6 (I. Faras Copt. ⲡ̣ϥ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ϥ̣ⲍⲟⲱⲏ̣; corr. Van der Vliet 1999a)
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/480899
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 125–7, fig. 35
Other editions
Jakobielski 1965, pp. 171–2 (no. 6), fig. 90
Other publications
I. Faras Greek, p. 54, fig. 15; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 326; van der Vliet 1999a, pp. 141–2; CSBE(2), p. 79; Ochała 2011b, p. 220 (no. 1); Richter 2013, p. 151
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