Text 1379

Provenance
Nag' el-Sheima
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery of desert church J, next to group of tombs
Excavation no.
76775
Present location
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Museum no.
A 775
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Eleuthera Tasia
Date
700–1099
Notes
labelled "Naga el-Oqba" in Daumas 1965/6 and SBKopt.
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 24.5; W: 20; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
c. 1
Description
fragment of trapezoidal slab with rounded upper corners; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
large cross at beginning of text
State of preservation
incomplete; lower part lacking
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Daumas 1965/6, pl. 1
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 1068
Other editions
Daumas 1965/6, pp. 65–9, pl. 1; Bietak – Schwarz 1987, pp. 170–1, pl. 56
Other publications
Daumas 1965, p. 260; Boyaval 1967, p. 33, pl. 3; Catalogue Vienna 1979, p. 46 (no. IV), fig. 30
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