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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: east of cathedral in pile of drifted sand
Excavation no.: F 22/61-62 (neg. nos. Fa.61/2.0120, Fa.61/2.0120a)
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 48397

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek/Coptic
Content: epitaph of Marianou, priest of the Church of the Four Living Creatures
Date: 6 May 955
Notes: ll. 1–2 (dating formula) in Greek

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 35; W: 31.5; Th: 5.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: yellowish grey
Text colour
Lines: 13
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised lines on top, left and right sides
Decorative elements
State of preservation: put together from 4 fragments; almost complete, only small fragment of right lower corner lacking; surface much worn, especially in lines 1-2; some lacunas

Date: 6 May 955
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲙⲏⲛⲓ̈ ⲡⲁ[⸌ⲭ⸍] ⲓⲁ ⲇⲓⲟ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲭ̄︤ⲟ︦ⲁ̄︥
ⲛ̄ⲥ[ⲟⲩ] ⲙ̄︤ⲛ︥ⲧⲟⲩⲁ ⲙ̄ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍
Transcription: 'in the month of Pachon, (day) 11, (in the year from) Diocletian 671" (l. 2)
"on day eleven (of the month) of Pachon" (l. 6)
Months: ⲡⲁ[⸌ⲭ⸍]
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest of (church of) the Four Living Creatures (⳦ ⲙⲡϥ︦ⲧⲟ̣ⲟⲩ ⲛⲍⲟⲱⲛ̣): ll. 5–6 (I. Faras Copt. ⳦ ⲡ̣ϥ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ϥ̣ⲍⲟⲱⲏ̣; corr. Van der Vliet 1999a)

Toponyms & ethnonyms: (church of) the Four Living Creatures (ⲡϥ︦ⲧⲟ̣ⲟⲩ ⲛⲍⲟⲱⲛ̣): ll. 5–6 (I. Faras Copt. ⲡ̣ϥ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ϥ̣ⲍⲟⲱⲏ̣; corr. Van der Vliet 1999a)

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/480899
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Copt., pp. 125–7, fig. 35
Other editions: Jakobielski 1965, pp. 171–2 (no. 6), fig. 90

Other publications: I. Faras Greek, p. 54, fig. 15; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 326; van der Vliet 1999a, pp. 141–2; CSBE(2), p. 79; Ochała 2011b, p. 220 (no. 1); Richter 2013, p. 151

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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

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

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.61/2.0490 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 21)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: F 189/61-62 (neg. no. Fa.61/2.0725)
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph (?)
Date: 30 August 983–29 August 1083
Notes: year 699 from the Martyrs was a leap year, hence year 700 started on 30 August; year 799 from the Martyrs was a leap year, ending on 29 August

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 31.5; W: 28.2
Text dimensions
Object colour: red
Text colour
Lines: 8 horizontal + 1 vertical
Height of letters

Description: fragment of rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised borders; vertical line inscribed at right margin
Decorative elements
State of preservation: only upper part preserved; surface much worn; almost illegible

Date: 30 August 983–29 August 1083
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs

Dating formulae: [---] ̣ ̣ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯ ̣ ̣
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 7[..]" (l. 7)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.61/2.0725 (= Jakobielski 1965, fig. 93)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1965, p. 176 (no. 9), fig. 93
Other editions

Other publications

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, narthex, east wall, to the left of entrance
Excavation no.: A 20a (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1295)
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: date
Language: Greek
Content: month date
Date: 900–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: one line of inscription incised above graffito representing cross
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 900–1399
Chronological systems: months
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲫⲏ
Transcription: "in the month of Epeiph" (l. 1)
Months: ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲫⲏ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.62/3.1295 (= I. Faras Greek 57, fig. 51)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 57, fig. 51
Other editions

Other publications

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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

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

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Maspero 1903, fig. on p. 162
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Source: Jakobielski 1972, fig. 10
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: N Church in the Desert
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of inscription of Petrou, mentioning abba Shenouthos, archimandrite, son of Iesou
Date: probably 800–899
Notes: all editors - AD 880/1, but the last line appears to contain not a date but a numerical cryptogram '2597'

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 12-13
Height of letters

Description: graffiti in black ink
Decorative elements
State of preservation: only upper left and lower right corners preserved at moment of discovery; in middle 5 or 6 lines lacking

Date: probably 800–899
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: abba (ⲁ̣ⲃ̣): l. 11
archimandrite (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 11
monk (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲱⲥ): l. 12

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source
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Source: Griffith 1927, pl. 74.2
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Copt., pp. 96–7, fig. 22
Other editions: Mileham 1910, p. 29; Griffith 1927, p. 93, pl. 74.2; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 190–2

Other publications: Lethmayer – Zach 1986, p. 142; Łajtar 1992a, p. 121 (no. 6); CSBE(2), p. 82, n. 99; CSCN, p. 66, n. 59

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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: CG 8396

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Marianos, priest
Date: 27 December 1156
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
acquired in Aswan

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour: rose
Text colour
Lines: 29
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 27 December 1156
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧ̄ ⲱ̄︤ⲟ︦ⲅ̄︥ ⲧⲏⲃⲏ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 873, on the first (day) of the month of Tybi" (ll. 27–8)
Months: ⲧⲏⲃⲏ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest (⳦): ll. 7, 21

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Lefebvre 1902, pl. XII
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 9
Other editions: Lefebvre 1902, pp. 456–60 (no. 20), pl. 12; Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 6 (no. 4); I. Lefebvre 564; de Ricci 1909, pp. 154–61 (no. 4)

Other publications: Crum 1902, p. 91 (no. 8396); Oates 1963, p. 162 (no. 5); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17 with n. 29; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106 (no. 13); CSBE(2), p. 86; CSCN, table 11 on p. 71

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Anchorite's Grotto, E wall, to the right of left niche
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Coptic
Content: inscription left by Dioskore, monk
Date: 18 April 933
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 5
Height of letters

Description: five lines of painted text
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete, left part damaged

Date: 18 April 933
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲫⲁⲣⲙ⸌ⲟⲩ⸍ ⲕⲅ · ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟ⸌ⲗ̣⸍ ⲭ̄︤ⲙ︦ⲑ̄︥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲧⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍[ ̣]
Transcription: "Pharmouthi 23, (in the year) from Diocletian 649" (ll. 3–5)
Months: ⲫⲁⲣⲙ⸌ⲟⲩ⸍
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: monk (ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Griffith 1927, pl. 65.2
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Source: Griffith 1927, pl. 73.13
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Copt., p. 115, fig. 29
Other editions: Griffith 1927, p. 91, pls. 65.2, 73.13

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 190; CSBE(2), p. 79

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, south pastophorium, niche in east wall; to the left of painting no. 54 (Christ Emmanuel), above DBMNT 1876
Excavation no.: J 226b.2 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0293, Fa.62/3.0634, Fa.62/3.1053, Fa.62/3.1054, Fa.63/4.1393, Fa.63/4.1401)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24361

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: date
Language: unidentified
Content: date
Date: 6 August 939
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 11; W: 36
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: two lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: beginning of line 1 damaged, line 2 difficult to read

Date: 6 August 939
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: : ⲁⲡⲟ⸌ⲇ⸍ : ⲭ̄︤ⲛ︦ⲉ︥̄ : ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲣ̄︤ⲏ︥̄ : ⲓ︦ⲅ︥̄
Transcription: "(in the year) from Diocletian 655, Mesore 13" (ll. 1–2)
Months: ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲣ̄︤ⲏ︥̄
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.62/3.0293 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 30)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Faras Copt., pp. 115–16, fig. 30
Other editions

Other publications: Jakobielski 1966c, p. 154, n. 5; Michałowski 1966a, p. 15; Michałowski 1967, p. 7; CSBE(2), p. 79

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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

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

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.62/3.0972 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 42)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Anchorite's Grotto, central part of S wall; to the right of DBMNT 1643
Excavation no.: no. 24
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: colophon
Language: Coptic
Content: colophon of texts written on walls of Anchorite's Grotto by Theophilos, monk
Date: 4 December 738
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 47; W: 40
Object colour
Text colour: reddish/brownish
Lines: 13
Height of letters: 2.5-3

Description: complete panel framed by double painted line
Decorative elements
State of preservation: at moment of first facsimile (1822) text complete, in 60-ies lacunae in lines 6-8 and 11-13

Date: 4 December 738
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ [ⲭ]ⲟⲓⲁⲭ⳽ ⲏ̄ ⲓ̈ⲛⲇⲓⳤⲧⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲍ̄ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ⳽ ⲩ̄︤ⲛ︦ⲉ̄︥
Transcription: "(in the) month of Choiak, (day) 8, in the 7th indiction, (year from) Diocletian 455" (ll. 11–13)
Months: [ⲭ]ⲟⲓⲁⲭ⳽
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: monk (ⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭⲟⲥ): l. 26

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Griffith 1927, pl. 64.1
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Source: Griffith 1927, pl. 70.24
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Latest edition: SB Kopt. 2 1061
Other editions: Sayce 1898, p. 174; Griffith 1927, pp. 83, 88, pls. 64.1, 70.24; I. Faras Copt., pp. 63–6, figs. 9a, 9b; Kosack 1974, p. 333 (no. 114)

Other publications: Wilkinson 1835, p. 498; Crum 1899a, p. 63; Pietschmann 1899, p. 133; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 190; DACL 3/2, col. 2882; CSBE(2), p. 74

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TrismegistosTM text 370076

Provenance: Amada
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: temple, roof of naos
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription of Markos, son of Epich( )
Date: 30 August 1019–28 August 1020
Notes: year 735 from the Martyrs was a leap year, hence year 736 started on 30 August

Material: stone
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 4
Height of letters

Description: inscription in three lines incised in stone roof of naos; date incised slightly above was executed with the same hand, and thus undoubtedly bleongs to this text
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 30 August 1019–28 August 1020
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡ⸌ⲟ⸍ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯ̄︤ⲗ︦ⲋ
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 736" (l. 4)
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Offices & titles: notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 2 (Griffith 1913: ⲩ̣ⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍; corr. G. Ochała)

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Source: Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0738
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Latest edition: Griffith 1913, p. 63 (no. 7b–c)
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Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 96; Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0738

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