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Tomb. Cairo EM CG

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Tomb. Cairo EM CG
Publication Number	Crum, Coptic monuments (CGC) 8716
Current Location	(unknown)
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: medium
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	tombstone
Dating	between 700 and 1000
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Broken off on left and below.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	one-sided
Inks and Pigments	engraved
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Seven fragmentary lines are visible.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Engraved uncials.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7+x
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Text Types	documentary documentary | tombstone
Summary of Content	Tombstone of a woman, probably a nun ("sister"), probably from Aswan, possibly from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery. Date, name missing.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Woman
Comment on Gender	deceased is a woman ("sister" - probably a female monk/nun)
Religion	Christianity

 

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Literature

• Crum, W.E., Coptic monuments (1902). (8716)

 

DatasetID	310406
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	110792
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 310406 (= Tomb. Cairo EM CG ), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.