Text 86

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
reused in walls of Arab citadel
Excavation no.
F 65/61-62 (neg. no. Fa.61/2.0490)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
149799
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
official inscription
Language
Coptic
Content
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
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
regnal years
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏ[ⲛⲓ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲁⲡ]ⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧ[ⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ] ⲫ[ ̣]ⲇ̄ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ϩ︤ⲛ︥ [--- ⲙ̄︤ⲛ︥ⲧⲥ]ⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲣ[ⲟⲙ]ⲡⲉ [ⲙ̄]ⲫ[ⲓⲗ]ⲟ[ⲭ̄]ⲥ̄ ⲛⲣⲣ[ⲟ ⲅⲉⲱⲣ]⸌ⲅⲏ⸍
Transcription
"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
Source
neg. no. Fa.61/2.0490 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 21)
Image
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 92–6, fig. 21
Other editions
Jakobielski 1965, p. 174 (no. 7), fig. 91; Jakobielski 1970, pp. 33–6, il. 37
Other publications
Catalogue Vienna 2002, p. 101 (no. 33), fig. on p. 103; CSCN, pp. 210, 212
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