DOI issue:
Nr. 3-4
DOI article:Sayce, A. H.: Gleanings from the land of Egypt, [7]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.12427#0189
174 GLEAN1NGS FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT
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vertical line, the hieroglyphics turned to right : U% North Wall, right hand
side : 1° turned from right to
eft in horizontal line : ^ C*"
ÏÂl
^; 2° over a man working at a loom :
§ XI. — In the désert westof Faras in Nubia, nearly a mile from the bank of the
Nile, is a tomb which has been used as a Coptic ch'urch, and its walls are covered with
Coptic inscriptions, ail of which I copied. The three most noteworthy are as follows :
1 + ^pï Tà.^ïiH uj"A.h*\ e^ioï 8 neïeXjv^1^ Iïa*.oîio^oc
2 iid^^nH oToti «ïaa eTïiô^ 9 neirr^qce^ neïcg^ï e
3 oiru>£ ^Âx neï juiMtujcone 10 oTrju^ttujcane ^jun eq
4 ïit€ nnoVe kt&g&h e&oÀ 11 qujwne g**/ XOIdOCc R
5 ecpôwïieq ^iroo itTô,pe en 12 ïn-xiR/Tionoc ï
6 n^ giï negocy xxn^U. 13 •xiOKTVHTïôwttOTrc/ irne
7 nujïne ôotoR ^eo[cÇi]3Voc
This seems to give the date A. D. 739. — Tins inscription is on the south wall,
and is sixth in order from the eastern side of the tomb.
The second inscription, which is on the west wall, is a Coptic version of the
famous Letter of Abgarus.
1
+ n^Jn upè^ion htc nïefioX ic
7
n[oV]ïc t*à' e necpd».it ne eTeccis.
8
e[nei]^.h oim -xn (?) eKtt^q ôjfinic
2
nujHpe XinitoTTe ctor^ eqcgis.(sic)
9
Teire un . . *2t. kô,tô>. TennicTic
3
R^TTCHpoc nppo iîeTec*». (ne)
10
^trui r^tô». TeRnpoogepïcïc €t
4
TnoVic ^çdwipeTe* m^ïtro^) îï
11
iiA.noTc* neKUjtone ce«\t\Ao
5
tok nneTH^ïtotrc* n^ujw
12
oy is-TOiv eujtone ^Rpge nno&...
6
ne Uajlor ô^tuj\ia.ïôvTc Rtck
13
£ooc pco**e ceitjs.Roo'Y n^uop^.
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vertical line, the hieroglyphics turned to right : U% North Wall, right hand
side : 1° turned from right to
eft in horizontal line : ^ C*"
ÏÂl
^; 2° over a man working at a loom :
§ XI. — In the désert westof Faras in Nubia, nearly a mile from the bank of the
Nile, is a tomb which has been used as a Coptic ch'urch, and its walls are covered with
Coptic inscriptions, ail of which I copied. The three most noteworthy are as follows :
1 + ^pï Tà.^ïiH uj"A.h*\ e^ioï 8 neïeXjv^1^ Iïa*.oîio^oc
2 iid^^nH oToti «ïaa eTïiô^ 9 neirr^qce^ neïcg^ï e
3 oiru>£ ^Âx neï juiMtujcone 10 oTrju^ttujcane ^jun eq
4 ïit€ nnoVe kt&g&h e&oÀ 11 qujwne g**/ XOIdOCc R
5 ecpôwïieq ^iroo itTô,pe en 12 ïn-xiR/Tionoc ï
6 n^ giï negocy xxn^U. 13 •xiOKTVHTïôwttOTrc/ irne
7 nujïne ôotoR ^eo[cÇi]3Voc
This seems to give the date A. D. 739. — Tins inscription is on the south wall,
and is sixth in order from the eastern side of the tomb.
The second inscription, which is on the west wall, is a Coptic version of the
famous Letter of Abgarus.
1
+ n^Jn upè^ion htc nïefioX ic
7
n[oV]ïc t*à' e necpd».it ne eTeccis.
8
e[nei]^.h oim -xn (?) eKtt^q ôjfinic
2
nujHpe XinitoTTe ctor^ eqcgis.(sic)
9
Teire un . . *2t. kô,tô>. TennicTic
3
R^TTCHpoc nppo iîeTec*». (ne)
10
^trui r^tô». TeRnpoogepïcïc €t
4
TnoVic ^çdwipeTe* m^ïtro^) îï
11
iiA.noTc* neKUjtone ce«\t\Ao
5
tok nneTH^ïtotrc* n^ujw
12
oy is-TOiv eujtone ^Rpge nno&...
6
ne Uajlor ô^tuj\ia.ïôvTc Rtck
13
£ooc pco**e ceitjs.Roo'Y n^uop^.