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Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 193, grave 33, surface
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA66582
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Andreas
Date
700–899
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 38.8; W: 15.9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
16
Height of letters
 
Description
trapezoidal stela; lower margin empty but for large incised cross
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
stone complete, put together from 2 fragments; surface worn, text severely damaged in right middle part
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Meltzer 1982, pl. 91.2
Image
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Source
Meltzer 1982, pl. 75
Image
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Latest edition
Meltzer 1982, p. 83 (no. 4), pls. 75, 91.2
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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