Text 97

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south pastophorium, niche in east wall; to the right of painting no. 54 (Christ Emmanuel)
Excavation no.
J 226k.2/3 (neg. nos. Fa.63/4.1393, Fa.63/4.1400, Fa.63/4.1401)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24361
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
catalogue
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Content
list of bishops of Pachoras
Date
900–1150
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 87; W: 58
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
32
Height of letters
 
Description
large painted inscription divided into five columns by vertical lines: name, word 'years', number of years, month of death, day of death; ll. 1–16 written in one hand, the remaining lines in different hands; from l. 24 columnar layout replaced by descriptive one
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; letters largely obliterated, especially in upper right part
Date
900–1150
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲙ̣ⲏ̣ⲛ̣ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ ⲕ
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ ⲓ︦ⲅ︥̄
ⲭⲟ︦ⲓ︦ⲁ︦ⲕ ⲓ︦ⲋ︥̄
ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲫ ⲏⲙⲏ̣ ⲕ̣̄ⲋ
ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲑⲱⲑ ⲕ̄︤ⲇ︥
ⲉⲡⲓⲫ ⲓ︦ⲍ︥̄
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓ : ⲕ̄ⲁ︥
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛⲏ̣ⲁ • ⲓ︦ • ⲗⲟ
ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲏⲁ • ⲓ︦ ⲗ[ⲟ]
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 20" (l. 18)
"Mesore 13" (l. 19)
"Choiak 16" (l. 20)
"in the month of Epeiph, day 26" (l. 21)
"in the month of Thoth, (day) 24" (l. 22)
"Epeiph 17" (l. 24)
"Mesore 21" (l. 26)
"on Pachon 10" (l. 27)
"on Payni 10" (l. 28)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ, ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ, ⲭⲟ︦ⲓ︦ⲁ︦ⲕ, ⲉⲡⲓⲫ (x2), ⲑⲱⲑ, ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓ, ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛⲏ̣-ⲁ, ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲏ-ⲁ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃ): ll. 16, 21; (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): ll. 18, 19, 22, 23, 24 (x2), 26; (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 20; (ⲁⲃ⸌ⲃ⸍): ll. 27, 28, 30
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ll. 24 (x2), 30; (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 26; (ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 28
bishop (ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 28
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ll. 24 (x2), 26, 28, 30
Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲏⲕⲗⲉⲟⲥ): l. 28 (corr. A. Łajtar)
Source
Jakobielski 1972, fig. 69
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 190–195, fig. 69
Other editions
Jakobielski 1966c, pp. 152–170
Other publications
Michałowski 1963b, p. 240, n. 14; Michałowski 1964a, pp. 196, 200, 202, pl. 40b; Michałowski 1965a, p. 8; Michałowski 1967, pp. 19, 45, 75–76, 98, fig. 52; Jakobielski 1969, p. 502, fig. 5; Vantini 1970, pp. 206–207; Michałowski 1970a, pp. 13–14, fig. 3; Jakobielski 1971, pp. 194–199; Altheim – Stiehl 1971, pp. 500–503; Jakobielski 1975, p. 327; Jakobielski 1978, pp. 143–145, pl. 42; Godlewski 1995, pp. 113–114; Richter 2002, pp. 177–180; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 128–129; Łajtar 2015b, pp. 233–234, 238, 241–242
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