Text 1115

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sai, storeroom of French mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
inscription commemorating Tobias, bishop of Sai
Date
probably 600–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 18.5; W: 51.5; Th: 26.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular block with inscription in its left part; epigraphic field framed by incised line; unworked blank space to the right of inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 600–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
bishop of Sai (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲱⲡⲟⲥ ... ⲛ̄ⲍⲁⲏⲁ̣): ll. 1–2
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Sai (ⲍⲁⲏⲁ̣): l. 2
Source
Tsakos 2011–12, fig. 5
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Tsakos 2011–12, pp. 306–8 (no. 9), fig. 5
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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