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Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7793

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7793
Publication Number SB Kopt. 1 615
Current Location magazine
Publication Permission Status (unknown)
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Monneret de Villard, M.U.
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type tombstone
Dating of Object 990-991 CE
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Incomplete tombstone from four fragments.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object one-sided
Inks and Pigments engraved
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) Thirteen incomplete lines with several lacunae.
Script, Primary Coptic
Language, Primary Coptic
Comments on Handwriting Irregular writing, spindly and largely erased letters.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 13
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | tombstone
Summary of Content Tombstone of Maria (daughter of Johannes?), most probably a nun, from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery. Dated after Diocletian (Martyr Era) 707 (= 990/991 CE).
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Woman
Comment on Gender Tombstone of a nun called Mother Maria.
Religion Christianity

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
side 1
1ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲁⲙⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ
2ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲙⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲓ
3ⲁ ...ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲓ
4ⲗⲁ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙ
5ⲙⲟⲥ ⲛϩⲏ ϥⲧ ϥⲧ ⲉⲃⲉⲥⲟⲥ ⲁ ⲁⲗⲟ ⲁⲡⲟ
6ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲯⲍ ⲡϫⲟⲓⲥ ⲁⲣ
7ⲓⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲙⲁⲥ ⲉϥⲛⲟϫⲥ ⲉⲕⲩ
8ⲛ︦ϥ︦ ⲛ︦ ⲁⲃⲣϩⲁⲙ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲙⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲙⲛ
9ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲛⲧⲓⲣⲁϣⲉ...
10ⲥⲧⲣⲉⲥⲙⲱ
11ⲉⲧⲏⲥ ⲙ
12ⲉ ϩⲙ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ...
13ⲉⲙⲏⲧ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲟⲧ
side 1
1(Lord rem)ember
2the blessed mother Maria
3(daughter of ? J)ohannes
4(...the day) on which she
5died ...?... after
6Diocletian 707. Lord
7have mercy upon her, placing her to
8the bosom of Abraham and Isak and
9Jacob, in the joy of (...)
10(...) ...?... (...)
11(...) ...?... (...)
12(...) ...?... (...)
13(...) ...?... (...)
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
17315 woman Maria C ⲙⲁⲣⲓ[ⲁ] Coptic

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Diocletian (Martyr Era) 707 990 CE 991 CE date in text;

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 309699
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 101682
Author Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309699 (= Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7793), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.