Text 74

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Church of Granite Columns, in pavement of main nave; next to DBMNT 75
Excavation no.
 
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
235162
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Stephanou Inyitta, priest, chartoularios, notary, archimandrite, choiakishshil, and joknaishshil, son of Maranya
Date
14 April 797
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
second oldest appearance of the Era of the Martyrs
the oldest attestation of Old Nubian and of Nubian-type majuscules
weekday incorrect - 14.04.797 fell on Friday; lunar day incorrect – 3 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 31.7; W: 18.1; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey, blue with white veins
Text colour
 
Lines
21
Height of letters
0.6-1.8
Description
rectangular plaque
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, surface eroded in places but not affecting the reading
Date
14 April 797
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏ⸌ⲛ⸍ ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲓ︦ⲑ̄︥ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲟⲩϣ • ⲁ̄ • ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ ⲓ︤ⲇ︥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲫⲓ︦ⲅ̄︥ :
Transcription
"in the month of Pharmouthi, (day) 19, on day poush one (= Sunday), on the 14th moon (day), (in the year) from the Martyrs 513" (ll. 18–20)
Months
ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍
Weakdays
ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲟⲩϣ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦): ll. 7, 16
chartoularios (ⲭⲁⲗ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 16
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 16
archimandrite of (monastery of) Maria in Timaie (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲉⲓⲉ): ll. 16–17
choiakishshil (ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕϣ̄ϣⲗ̄): l. 17
joknashi (ⳝⲟⲕⲛⲁϣ̄ϣⲗ̄): l. 18
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Timaie (ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲉⲓⲉ): l. 17
(monastery of) Maria (in) Timaie (ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲉⲓⲉ): l. 17
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/497540
Image
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Latest edition
I. Warsaw 110, pl. 110
Other editions
Łajtar 1992a, pp. 113–29, pl. 2 (mistaken caption); SB 20 14176; Łajtar 1997a, pp. 118–19 (no. 2)
Other publications
Leclant 1967, p. 214, pl. 57, fig. 53; Jakobielski – Ostrasz 1967/8, p. 133 (b), pls. 24, 26; Łajtar 1996c, p. 107 (no. 29); Łajtar 1999, p. 163 (no. 125); Łajtar 2001a, p. 332; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 30; CSBE(2), p. 82, n. 97, pp. 313–14 (no. 1), p. 316; Łajtar 2006a, pp. 102–3; CSCN, p. 80, table 47 on p. 337, p. 339; Ochała 2016a, n. 45 on p. 1281
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