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Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68363

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68363
Publication Number SB Kopt. 1 675
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
State of Preservation The upper part of a stela, the rest is missing.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object one-sided
Inks and Pigments engraved
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) The first nine lines remains, in a somewhat damaged state. An unknown number of lines is missing.
Script, Primary Coptic
Language, Primary Coptic
Comments on Handwriting Small, irregular writing. A line runs under each text line.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9+x
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | tombstone
Summary of Content Tombstone from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery in Aswan. It is an unusually formulated, long text. Second part is missing. Name and date lost. However, it has Biblical references: ll.2-4: Ps102,11; Ps 103,14; Ps 144,4; ll.6-7: Gen 3,19
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion Christianity

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
side 1
1ϯ ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲓ̈ ⲧⲏⲣⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲛ
2ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲁⲱⲛϩ
3ⲧⲛⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲩϩⲁⲓⲃⲏⲥ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲣⲕⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲓϥⲟⲩ/-·
4ⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲟ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲭⲟⲣⲧⲟⲥ ⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ
5ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲫⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉϩⲟ
6ⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲕ
7ⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲕⲛⲁⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲉⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲡⲟⲫⲁⲥⲓⲥ
8ⲁⲙⲧⲉⲇⲓⲛⲁⲥ
9ⲁⲧⲉⲛ
side 1
1(...) We all understand and we
2know that the days of my life
3resemble a shadow in decline and that its
4hours are like grass (cf. Ps 102,11; Ps 144,4). Each body is indeed
5equally like in the sentence that God
6declared about our father Adam: You are
7dust and you shall return to dust (Gen 3,19). This saying
8...?...(...)
9...?...(...) 1An unknown number of lines missing.

1 An unknown number of lines missing.
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 309726
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 101742
Author Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309726 (= Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68363), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.