Texts & Scripts from Elephantine: Object

Tomb. Aswan, Elephantine Museum 715 (More information about the Object)

Publication No.

SB Kopt. 1 613

Modern Title

Summary

Tombstone of Simeon the monk. Possibly from the Anba Hadra (St. Simeon) monastery in Aswan. The date is 594 Mechir 18th, 1st indiction, after Diocletian = 12.02.878 CE.

Edition

side 1

1	ϯ ⲓⲩ ϯ ⲭⲩ ϯ
2	ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲣⲡ
3	ⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲙⲁ
4	ⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲥⲉ
5	ⲙⲉⲟⲛ ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲟ
6	ⲭⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ
7	ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ
8	ⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ ⲙⲉⲭⲓⲣ ⲓⲏ
9	ⲓⲛⲇ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲱⲛⲟⲥ // ⲁ // ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓ
10	ⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ ⲫϥⲁ

Translation

side 1

1	Jesus Christ
2	The day of the
3	commemoration of our
4	blessed brother Si-
5	meon the monk
6	when he
7	died.
8	Written Mechir 18th
9	indiction 1, after Di-
10	(ocle)tian 594.

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