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Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7729

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7729
Publication Number	SB Kopt. 1 602
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	796 CE
Criteria for Dating	dat in text
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	The upper left corner is damaged.

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 3 lines are somewhat damaged.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Large uncials.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	14
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Text Types	documentary documentary \| tombstone
Summary of Content	Tombstone of Pesynthios the monk from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery in Aswan. Dated: Pharmouthi 14th, indiction 4, year 512 after Diocletian (Martyr Era) (= 09.04.796 CE). It has the prayer formula "rest his soul" and "the bosom of Abraham, Isak, Jakob" at the end.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Christianity

Text

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side 1

1	ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ⲁⲩⲱ
2	ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲩⲥⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲙⲁⲕ,ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ
3	ⲛ︦ⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲣⲟⲟⲩⲧ ϩⲙⲡⲉϥ
4	ⲥⲁⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲥⲩⲛⲑⲓ
5	ⲟⲥ ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲁ
6	ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲕ
7	ⲗⲉⲟⲡⲁⲧⲣⲁ ϩⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ
8	ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓⲥ ⲓⲇ
9	ⲓⲇ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲇ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲥ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ
10	ⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲫⲓⲃ ⲉⲣⲉⲡϫⲟ
11	ⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲛⲁⲡⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲯⲩ
12	ⲭⲏ ϩⲛⲕⲟⲩⲟⲛϥ︦ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁ
13	ϩⲁⲙ ⲙⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲙⲛ ⲓⲁⲕ
14	ⲱⲃ ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ ⲁⲙ︦ⲏ︦

side 1

1	The falling asleep and
2	dormition of our blessed
3	brother who is illustrious in his
4	diaconate, Pesynthios
5	the monk of the
6	Saint Johannes of
7	Cleopatra. On this day
8	Pharmouthi 14,
9	indiction 4, year Diocletian
10	512. May
11	the Lord rest his soul
12	in the bosom of Abraham,
13	and Isak and Jakob.
14	Let it be, let it be, amen.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
16810	man	Diocletian	ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ	Latin

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Era of Diocletian (Martyr Era)	512	Pharmuthi	14	796 April 9 CE	date in text;

Literature

Monneret de Villard, Ugo, Descrizione generale del Monastero di San Simeone presso Aswan (1926). (227-228)
Monneret de Villard, Ugo, Rapporto preliminare sugli Scavi al Monastero di S. Simeone presso Aswan. 1924-1925 (1925). (301-302)
Munier, Henri, Les steles coptes du Monastere de Saint-Simeon a Assouan, I-II (1930). (Nr. 104)

DatasetID	309742
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	101669
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309742 (= Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7729), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.