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@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Northern Nubia
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| | Ἀβραὰμ ϥ̣\[θ\] |
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3 τιμ̅ο̅θ̅ε̅α stone \|\| 5 μη stone \|\| 6 ϊνδ<sub>/</sub> ϊε stone \| ανα stone \|\| 7
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3 τιμ̅ο̅θε̅α stone \|\| 5 μη stone \|\| 6 ϊνδ<sub>/</sub> ϊε stone \| ανα stone \|\| 7
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αυτη̅ stone \|\| 8 θϲ̅ stone, which is pitted above the preceding
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*omikron* (probably a chance mark, not a diacritic) \| κολποιϲ stone;
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read ἐν κόλποις or εἰς κόλπους
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@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ Abraham, 99 (=amen).
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*Commentary*
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3 Τιμοθέα (τιμ̅ο̅θ̅ε̅α on the stone). Overlining of personal names is
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3 Τιμοθέα (τιμ̅ο̅θε̅α on the stone). Overlining of personal names is
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occasionally found in epitaphs: Nikea (Νικεα, an apparent nominative in
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what should be the genitive of a female name) in *I.Chr. Egypte* 627
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from northern Nubia (Talmis), and Deidō (in the genitive Δειδους) in
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*I.Chr. Egypte* 525 from southern Egypt (Hermonthis?). Neither of these
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instances could have been conflated with a *nomen sacrum*, which might
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otherwise have influenced the scribal practice here (cf. θϲ̅ for θ(εό)ς
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in 8 below), that is, overlining θ̅ε̅ as if θ(ε)έ, then extending the
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in 8 below), that is, overlining θε̅ as if θ(ε)έ, then extending the
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overline to the left.
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This is the first instance of the name Timothea in published texts from
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