Text 957

Provenance
Tamit
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6740
Medium
sepulchral cross
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Isaak, priest (?)
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
limestone
Object dimensions
H: 63; W: 48
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4 (on each arm of cross)
Height of letters
 
Description
sepulchral cross with even arms; inscription written on both sides of arms
Decorative elements
cross in the point where vertical and horizontal bars cross; upper and side arms topped with three crown-like protrudings
State of preservation
nealry complete
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡⲣⲉ⸌ⲧ⸍): back, lower vertical arm
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Monneret de Villard 1935–57, IV, pl. CXXXIII
Image
Image not available
Source
Monneret de Villard 1935–57, I, fig. 149
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek, p. 156
Other editions
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 166, fig. 149; 4, pl. 133; I. Mina 100 (only one side)
Other publications
Bull. épigr. 1946–47, 251; Welsby 2002, p. 65, fig. 27
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