Text 1506

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church converted from temple of August, south rabate
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Coptic
Content
unidentified inscription mentioning St Epimachos and a bishop of Talmis
Date
600–1199
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 35; W: 1.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
6
Description
incised inscription of 10 lines (only 5 visible at times of Gauthier)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only endings of 5 lines preserved
Date
600–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
bishop of Talmis (= Kalabsha) (?) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲱ[ⲥ]): l. 10
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Talmis (= Kalabsha) (?) (ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲱ[ⲥ]): l. 10
Source
Gauthier 1911, pl. 99A
Image
Image not available
Source
Gau 1822, pl. II, no. 3
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Gauthier 1911, pp. 301–2, pl. 99a
Other editions
CIG 3 5040 (classified as ancient Greek); Sayce 1894, pp. 294–5 (no. IV)
Other publications
Gau 1822, pl. 2, no. 3; Niebhur, in: Gau 1822, p. 9 (classified as Greek); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 39; Richter 2002, p. 163; Seignobos 2015, n. 221 on p. 212
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