Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 9806

Inventory Number	Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 9806
Publication Number	SB Kopt. 1 610
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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]

Localization of Text on Object	one-sided
Inks and Pigments	engraved
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Twenty-four lines of text preserved.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Small, irregular writing, under each text line there is a line.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	24
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Types	documentary documentary \| tombstone
Summary of Content	A "double tombstone": funerary inscription for two persons, Senouthios and then of Maria. Two complete, separate texts with the usual formula with prayer.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	A common tombstone for a man and a woman (monk, nun) with two separate and complete funerary texts.
Religion	Christianity

Transcription

Translation

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side 1

1	Ⲁ ⲒⲤ︦ ϯ Ⲭ︦Ⲥ︦ Ⲱ
2	ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ︦ⲡⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛ
3	ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲥⲉⲛⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ
4	ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ
5	ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϩⲏ
6	ⲧϥ ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲥ
7	ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧ,ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲫⲟⲅ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
8	ⲇⲉ ⲡⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲉⲧⲓ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ
9	ⲛⲧⲉϥⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲛⲕⲟⲩⲛϥ
10	ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ ⲙⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲙⲛ ⲓⲁ
11	ϯ ⲕⲱⲃ ϯ
12	ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲉ
13	ⲛⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲙⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲁ
14	ⲣⲓⲁ ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ
15	ⲟⲥ ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲙ
16	ⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϩⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟ
17	ⲟⲩ ⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ ⲙⲉⲛⲏ ⲉⲙⲭⲓⲣ
18	ⲕⲁ ⲓⲛⲇⲧ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲓⲇ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲥ ⲇⲓⲟ
19	ⲕⲗⲏⲧ,ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲫⲡⲃ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
20	ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉⲭⲥ ⲉϥⲉⲧⲓ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ
21	ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲛⲕⲟⲩⲛϥ
22	ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ ⲙⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ
23	ⲙⲛ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ
24	ⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ

side 1

1	Alpha, Jesus Christ, Omega
2	The day of the commemoration of our
3	blessed brother Senouthios
4	son of the blessed Anoup
5	on which he died,
6	Pharmouthi (...) year
7	of Diocletian 573. God
8	the Good, may he give rest
9	to his soul in the bosom of
10	Abraham and Isak and
11	Jakob.
12	The day of the commemoration of our
13	blessed mother
14	Maria daughter of the blessed
15	Merkourios, on which
16	she died today.
17	Written month Mechir
18	21, indiction 14, year
19	after Diocletian 582. God
20	the Christ, may he give rest
21	to her soul in the bosom
22	of Abraham and Isak
23	and Jakob. Let it be.
24	Amen, amen.

Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
18040	woman	Maria daughter of the blessed Merkourios	ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ	Coptic

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
after Diocletian (Martyr Era)	582	Mecheir	21	866 February 15 CE	date in text;

DatasetID	309761
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	101677
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309761 (= Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 9806), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.