Text 1416

Provenance
Aksha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church, south aisle, east part, on pavement
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
architectural element
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Coptic
Content
inscription of Bishop Andreas
Date
probably 900–999
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of decorated block (perhaps lintel) with inscription incised on right part; text fitted into free space between conch and edge of stone
Decorative elements
fragment of sculpted conch
State of preservation
object fragmentary (right part); inscription incomplete, broken of in right lower corner
Date
probably 900–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ): ll. 3–4
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Vercoutter 1970, il. 126
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., p. 102, fig. 24
Other editions
 
Other publications
Contenson 1966, pp. 24–5, 37, pl. 4.2; Vercoutter 1970, p. 156, il. 126
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