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Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68405

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68405
Publication Number SB Kopt. 1 565
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 734 CE
Criteria for Dating dat in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Four fragments of a stela put together.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object one-sided
Inks and Pigments engraved
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) Ten damaged lines of text are extant.
Script, Primary Coptic
Language, Primary Coptic
Comments on Handwriting Large, well-spaced, regular uncials.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 10
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 (a monk) is lost. Dated indiction 2, year after Diocletian (Martyr Era) 450 (=733/734 CE).
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion Christianity

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
side 1
1ϯ ⲓⲥ︦ ϯ ⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ϯ
2ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ︦
3ⲡⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲙ︦
4ⲡⲉⲛⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ
5ⲛ︦ⲥⲟⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲟ
6ⲙ ⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭⲟⲥ
7ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙ
8ⲙⲟϥ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲏ,ⲙⲏⲛⲓ
9ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲧⲕⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥⲃ
10ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ,ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲩⲛ
side 1
1(Jesus Christ)
2(The day of)
3the commemoration
4of our blessed
5brother Apa Ko(...)
6(...) the monk
7on which
8he died: month
9(...), indiction 2
10after Diocletian 450.
     
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) 450 733 CE 734 CE date in text;

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 309747
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 101632
Author Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309747 (= Tomb. Cairo EM JdE 68405), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.