official text of unknown character, mentioning king Georgios I, Zacharias, eparch of palace and Kyros, bishop of Pachoras
Date
30 August 867–28 August 868 or 29 August 877–28 August 878
Notes
year 583 from Diocletian was a leap year, hence year 584 started on 30 August; Jakobielski in I. Faras Copt suggests to read 4th indiction, which would give AD 870/1
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 35.5; W: 23.5; Th: 9
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
pink
Lines
19
Height of letters
Description
rectangular block; traces of framing incised line in upper left and lower left corners
Decorative elements
State of preservation
surface very much worn; text clearly legible only in central part
Date
30 August 867–28 August 868 or 29 August 877–28 August 878
"in the month [...], (in the year) from Diocletian 584 (or 594), in the twelfth year of king Georgios" (ll. 3–7)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
king (ⲛⲣⲣ[ⲟ]): l. 7; (ⲛ̄[ⲣⲣⲟ]): l. 16 eparch of the palace (ⲛⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ [ⲙⲡⲁ]ⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ): ll. 9–10 abba ([ⲁ]ⲃⲃⲁ): l. 11 bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲛⲉ[ⲡ]ⲓ[ⲥⲕⲟⲡ]⸌ⲟⲥ⸍ ⲙⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): ll. 11–12 domestikos of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲥⲧⲓ[ⲕⲟⲥ] ⲙⲡⲁⲭ[ⲱⲣ]ⲁⲥ): ll. 14–15
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 12; (ⲡⲁⲭ[ⲱⲣ]ⲁⲥ): l. 15