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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
south palace
Excavation no.
FA 108/62–3 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.0994)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription commemorating Thomas, bishop (of Pachoras) and Psate, archdeacon
Date
827–862
Notes
dated on the basis of the bishops' list
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 14; W: 72; Th: 24
Text dimensions
H: 8; W: 62
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
2.5–4
Description
inscription incised on stone block
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
827–862
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ): l. 1
archdeacon (ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲩ): ll. 1–2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0994 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 11)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 42, fig. 41
Other editions
Jakobielski 1966c, p. 159; I. Faras Copt., pp. 80–1, fig. 11
Other publications
Jakobielski 1975a, p. 329; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, p. 46
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