Text 2765

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
citadel, church B.V, naos, to the right of entrance to narthex
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Staurosanya, granddaughter (?) of King Zacharias
Date
21 December 1057
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 40; W: 26.5; Th: 6.2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
23
Height of letters
0.7–2
Description
rectangular plaque with slightly rounded top; bottom left unworked
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, but for minor damage of surface
Date
21 December 1057
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯ̄ⲟ̄ⲇ̄ … ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ ⲕ̄ⲉ̄ • ⲕⲩⲣⲓ[ⲁ]ⲕⲏ
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 774, in the month of Choiak, (day) 25, on Sunday" (ll. 21–3)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays
ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓ[ⲁ]ⲕⲏ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲃ̄ⲗ̄ⲥ̄): l. 8
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2015c, fig. 9-3
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2014b, pp. 221–8, fig. 1
Other editions
 
Other publications
CIEN 2, no. 86; Godlewski 2013a, fig. on p. 116; Godlewski 2013b, pp. 665–6, fig. 3; Łajtar 2015c, p. 116 (translation), fig. 9-3; Godlewski 2015a, pp. 332, 334, fig. 7; Godlewski 2015d, p. 62, fig. 15-5 (archaeological context)
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