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Provenance
Nag' el-Arab
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery, tombs 159 and 159bis
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
Museum no.
80/95/121
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
double epitaph of unidentified man and Iohannes
Date
probably 700–799
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 16.5; W: 19; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
I: 9, II: 10
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular stela for two persons; epigraphic field framed by incised line; incised line separates epitaphs for two persons
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete but obliterated
Date
probably 700–799
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
probably month date, but hard to read (col. I, ll. 7–9, col. II, ll. 8–10)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Catalogue Barcelona, no. 42
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
SB Kopt. 3 1601
Other editions
Torallas Tovar 2004, pp. 19–22, figs. 1–2
Other publications
Pellicer – Llongueras 1965, pp. 69–70, pl. 20.2; Catalogue Barcelona, p. 140 (no. 42)
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