Text 94

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
east side of superstructure of tomb of Petros
Excavation no.
F 381/62-63 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0698, Fa.62/3.0733, Fa.62/3.0972, Fa.62/3.0972a)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 32199
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Petrou, bishop of Pachoras
Date
20 July 999
Notes
20 July 999 fell on Thursday
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 49; W: 31; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
white
Text colour
 
Lines
22
Height of letters
 
Description
slab in shape of trapezoid; epigraphic field framed by incised line from top and sides, bottom remained unframed
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
completely preserved
Date
20 July 999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙ̄ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲏ ⲕ̄︤ⲋ︦ ⲛⲏⲥ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲁⲡⲟ⸌ⲇ⸍ : ⲯⲓ︦ⲉ︥̄ :
Transcription
"(in the month) of Epeiph, (day) 26, Little Fast (= Wednesday), (in the year) from Diocletian 715" (ll. 9–10)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲏ
Weakdays
ⲛⲏⲥ'ⲧ' ⲕⲟⲩⲓ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): l. 8
bishop of metropolis of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙⲣ︦ⲱ︦ⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 8
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 8
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0972 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 42)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 135–8, fig. 42
Other editions
 
Other publications
Michałowski 1964a, p. 196; Jakobielski 1966c, p. 162; Michałowski 1967, p. 89; Orlandi 1974, p. 268; I. Faras Greek, p. 56, pl. 17; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 327; Łajtar 2001a, p. 333; CSBE(2), p. 80; Tsakos 2009b, pp. 206, 214 (no. 27); CSCN, pp. 335–6, table 47 on p. 337
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