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Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68423

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68423
Publication Number	SB Kopt. 1 619
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	between 700 and 1000
Range of Preservation	incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	one-sided
Inks and Pigments	engraved
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Eleven fragmentary lines of text preserved, an unknown number of lines missing at the end of the piece.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Remnants of red paint in the letters.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	11+x
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Text Types	documentary documentary \| tombstone
Summary of Content	Tombstone of Abraham from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery in Aswan. Not dated or date missing.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Christianity

Text

Transcription

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side 1

1	ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲁⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲕⲁⲡⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁ
2	ⲣⲁ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ \\ ⲁϥⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ
3	ⲡⲣⲉⲙⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲙϫⲏ ⲉⲓⲥ
4	ⲛⲏⲩ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲱϣ ⲉⲛⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛⲧⲉ
5	ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲛⲉϥⲕⲁⲥ
6	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ︦ⲥⲱⲙⲁ
7	ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ ⲉⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧ
8	ⲉⲗⲧ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ .. ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥ
9	ⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲉⲱⲇⲟⲣⲟⲥ· ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
10	ⲙⲉⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲁ ⲛⲛϩ
11	ⲙⲛⲟ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ

side 1

1	Remember me with love, I (...the most)
2	miserable of all, Abraham, son (of...)
3	of the town Pemje, lo (...)
4	come, everyone who shall read (this writing, may they pray to)
5	the Lord for me, and he let (...)
6	and if he comes out of body (?) (...)
7	as I and my father (...)
8	our holy father Apa Zakharias (and? the
9	bi)shop Apa Theodoros, the Lord (...9
10	after that he (...)
11	(...) and all his sons (...) ¹An unknown number of lines missing.

¹ An unknown number of lines missing.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
17535	man	Abraham B	ⲁϥⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ	Coptic

Literature

Munier, Henri, Les steles coptes du Monastere de Saint-Simeon a Assouan, I-II (1930). (Nr. 121)

DatasetID	309710
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	101686
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309710 (= Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68423), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.