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Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7757

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7757
Publication Number	SB Kopt. 1 601
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	786 CE
Criteria for Dating	date in text

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	one-sided
Inks and Pigments	engraved
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	13 lines of text preserved, probably 1-2 lines missing at the beginning of the text.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Uncials.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+13
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Text Types	documentary documentary \| tombstone
Summary of Content	Tombstone of Taphoou daughter of Paul and Maria from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery in Aswan. Dated to year of Diocletian (Martyr Era) 502, Pakhon 13, indiction 10 (=08.05.786 CE).
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Woman Man
Comment on Gender	deceased is a woman (female monk), her father and mother also mentioned by name
Religion	Christianity

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side 1

x+1	ϩⲣⲟϣ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲥⲱ
x+2	ⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲓ ⲧⲉⲛⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲥⲱ
x+3	ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲣⲟⲟⲩⲧ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲥⲥⲁ
x+4	ⲧⲁⲡϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲩ
x+5	ⲗⲟⲥ ⲧⲉⲥⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲧⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
x+6	ϩⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲭ ⲓⲅ
x+7	ⲓⲛⲇ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲇⲉⲕⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲥ
x+8	ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲫⲃ
x+9	ⲉⲣⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲛⲁⲡⲉⲩⲉ
x+10	ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲛ
x+11	ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲙⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ
x+12	ⲙⲛ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ
x+13	ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ ⲁⲙⲏⲛ

side 1

x+1	... her body
x+2	namely our blessed
x+3	sister, who is glad in her beauty,
x+4	Taphoou daughter of Paulus
x+5	and her mother is Maria.
x+6	On this day today: Pakhon 13,
x+7	tenth indiction, year
x+8	of Diocletian 502.
x+9	May the Lord give rest
x+10	to her soul in the bosom
x+11	of Abraham and Isak
x+12	and Jakob. Let it be,
x+13	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
of Diocletian (Martyr Era)	502	Pachons	13	786 May 8 CE	date in text;

Literature

Munier, Henri, Les steles coptes du Monastere de Saint-Simeon a Assouan, I-II (1930). (103)

DatasetID	309793
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	101668
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309793 (= Tomb. Cairo SB Kopt. 7757), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.