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Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 9685

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 9685
Publication Number SB Kopt. 1 567
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 738 CE
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object one-sided
Inks and Pigments engraved
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
State of Preservation (Text) Ten lines of text well preserved.
Script, Primary Coptic
Language, Primary Coptic
Comments on Handwriting Regular uncials of middle size.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 10
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | tombstone
Summary of Content Tombstone of Gallotropia, probably a nun, from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery in Aswan. Dated to the year after Diocletian (Martyr Era) 454, Payni 16th, indiction 6 (= 10.06.738 CE).
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Woman
Comment on Gender deceased is a woman
Religion Christianity

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
side 1
1ϯ ⲓⲥ ϯ ⲭⲥ ϯ
2ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ︦ⲡⲣ︦
3ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛ︦ⲧⲙⲁ
4ⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲅⲁⲗⲗⲟⲧⲣⲟ
5ⲡⲓⲁ ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲥⲙ︦ⲧⲟⲛ
6ⲙ︦ⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ︦ϩⲏⲧϥ︦
7ⲉⲅⲣ,ⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ ⲓⲋ
8ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲕⲧⲏⲥ
9ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ
10ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲥ ⲩⲛⲇ ϯ
side 1
1Jesus Christ
2The day of
3the commemoration of the
4blessed Gallotropia
5on which
6she died.
7Written: month Payni 16,
8indiction 6th,
9after Diocletian
10year 454.
     
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
Diocletian (Martyr Era) 454 Payni 16 738 June 10 CE date in text;

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 309776
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 101634
Author Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309776 (= Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 9685), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.