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Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68374

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68374
Publication Number	SB Kopt. 1 568
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 738 and 739
Criteria for Dating	dat in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Lower part of a stela.
Comments on Object	Possibly belongs together and formed one stela with Assouan 125.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	one-sided
Inks and Pigments	engraved
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Only the last 5 lines of the inscription are preserved. Damaged in several places.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Small and regular writing.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+5
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Text Types	documentary documentary \| tombstone
Summary of Content	Tombstone from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery in Aswan. The name of the deceased is lost. Dated after Diocletian (i.e. Martyr Era) 455 (= 738/739 CE).
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Christianity

Text

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side 1

x+1	ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛ︦ⲧ
x+2	ⲁϥ ⲁⲥ ⲙ︦ⲧⲟⲛ ⲙ︦ⲙ ⲟϥ ⲟⲥ
x+3	ⲛ︦ϩⲏⲧϥ︦ ⲉⲅⲣⲁ,ⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ ⲙⲏⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲧⲏ
x+4	ⲃⲓⲓⲛⲇ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥⲍ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟ
x+5	ⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲟ,ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲥ : ⲩⲛⲉ

side 1

x+1	(...) the faithful (?), on
x+2	(which he/she) died,
x+3	written: month Ty(bi)
x+4	(...) indiction 7, after
x+5	Diocletian year 455.

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
after Diocletian (Martyr Era)	455			738 CE 739 CE	date in text;

Literature

Munier, Henri, Les steles coptes du Monastere de Saint-Simeon a Assouan, I-II (1930). (Nr. 70)

DatasetID	309746
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	101635
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309746 (= Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68374), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.