Text 89

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
36512
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Thomas, bishop of Pachoras
Date
16 July 862
Notes
labelled "Maharraqa" in SBKopt.
dating formula correctly read in Sayce 1898
Material
marble
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
white
Text colour
 
Lines
22
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper part lacking
Date
16 July 862
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ † ⲕ︤ⲃ︥ † ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲉⲡⲏⲫ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓ⸌ⲟ⸍ⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍⳽ ⲉⲡⲓ ⲫⲟⲏ̄

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription
"on day 22 of the month of Epeiph, (in the year) from Diocletian 578" (ll.14–15)
Months
ⲉⲡⲏⲫ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 3
monk in the monastery of Maurage (ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (...) ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲁⲅⲏ): ll. 5–7
archimandrite (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲧⲋ︥): l. 7
king (ⲛ︤ⲛⲉⲣⲣⲱⲟⲩ): l. 9
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲛ̄ⲧⲙ̄ⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲋ̄ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲏ ⲛ̄ⲗⲁⲙⲡⲣⲟⲡⲟⲗⲉⲱⲥ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): ll. 11–12
Toponyms & ethnonyms
monastery of Maurage (ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (...) ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲁⲅⲏ): ll. 5–7
Maurage (ⲙⲁⲩⲣⲁⲅⲏ): l. 7
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 12
Source
Maspero 1903, fig. on p. 162
Image
Image not available
Source
Jakobielski 1972, fig. 10
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 1 719
Other editions
Sayce 1898, pp. 111–112; Maspero (G.) 1903, pp. 161–164, fig. on p. 162; I. Faras Copt., pp. 75–80, fig. 10
Other publications
Griffith 1925, p. 263; Junker 1925b, pp. 113, 128, 130; Griffith 1927, pp. 94–96; Monneret de VIllard 1935–1957: 1, p. 200; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 65; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; Jakobielski 1975a, pp. 325–326; Roquet 1977, p. 166; Łajtar 1992a, p. 121 (no. 8); CSBE(2), p. 77; Brakmann 2006, p. 305; Obłuski 2019, pp. 284–285
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