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TrismegistosTM text 141934

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.3

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek/Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes: l. 2 in Greek

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 8; W: 13.5; Th: 2 (w/border)
Text dimensions: H: 8; W: 13
Object colour: red
Text colour
Lines: 3
Height of letters: 1.0-2.0

Description: fragment of round-topped stela; epigraphic field framed by raised decorated border
Decorative elements: incised decorations on raised border: cross surrounded by decorative lettering
State of preservation: small fragment from the upper part of inscription with upper margin; lower part lost

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXII
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Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 31, pl. 22
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9); Tsakos 2015, p. 247

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TrismegistosTM text 141935

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.4

Medium: stela
Technique: incised & painted
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 11.5; W: 11.5; Th: 4 (rim)
Text dimensions: H: 8; W: 7
Object colour: red
Text colour: traces of paint
Lines: 4
Height of letters: c. 1.5

Description: fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border (W: 4.0)
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; few letters from endings of lines with portion of left margin; upper and lower part lost

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXII
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 32, pl. 22
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141936

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.5

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 11; W: 9; Th: 3.8 (rim)
Text dimensions: H: 8; W: 6
Object colour: brownish
Text colour
Lines: 4
Height of letters: c. 2.0

Description: fragment of round-topped stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border (W: 2.5)
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; beginnings of lines with portion of left margin

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXIII
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 33, pl. 23
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141937

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.6

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: unidentified
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 8; W: 10; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions: H: 8; W: 10
Object colour: brownish
Text colour
Lines: 3
Height of letters: 3.0-3.5

Description: fragment of slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: broken on all sides

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXIII
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 34, pl. 23
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141938

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.7

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: unidentified
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 7.5; W: 10; Th: 2
Text dimensions: H: 7.5; W: 10
Object colour: pinkish
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters: c. 2.0

Description: fragment of slab; above the text traces of incised horizontal line – either frame or graphic device
Decorative elements: incised decoration above l. 1 (?)
State of preservation: fragmentary; broken on all sides

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXIV
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 35, pl. 24
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141939

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.8

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 6.5; W: 5.5; Th: 2
Text dimensions: H: 3.5; W: 4.2
Object colour: brownish
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters: c. 2.0

Description: fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line (outer margin top: W: 2.5; right: W: 1.0)
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; upper right corner with endings of uppermost lines and portions of upper and right margins; lower part lost

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXIV
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 36, pl. 24
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141940

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.9

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: unidentified
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 9; W: 5.5; Th: 1.5
Text dimensions: H: 9; W: 5.5
Object colour: reddish
Text colour
Lines: 4
Height of letters: c. 2.0

Description: fragment of slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; broken on all sides

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXIV
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 37, pl. 24
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141941

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.10

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: unidentified
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 5; W: 7; Th: 1.5
Text dimensions: H: 5; W: 7
Object colour: brownish
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters: 2.5-3.0

Description: fragment of slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; broken on all sides

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXV
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 38, pl. 25
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141942

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: provisional museum no. M.11

Medium: stela
Technique: incised & painted
Type of text: epitaph
Language: unidentified
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 6; W: 7; Th: 2
Text dimensions: H: 6; W: 6
Object colour: reddish-brown
Text colour: white
Lines: 2
Height of letters: 1.5-2.0

Description: fragment of slab; between l. 1 and 2 incised horizontal line – probably remains of ruling
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; broken on all sides

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXV
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Khartoum Copt. 39, pl. 25
Other editions

Other publications: Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)

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TrismegistosTM text 141943

Provenance: Mushu (Mesho)
Region: Makuria
Findspot: perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: fr. B: SNM 32197 (provisional museum no. M.12)

Medium: stela
Technique: incised & painted
Type of text: epitaph
Language: unidentified
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: A: H: 8.5; W: 5; Th: 2;
B: H: 7; W: 4; Th: 2
Text dimensions
Object colour: reddish-brown
Text colour: white
Lines: A: 3
Height of letters: 2.5-3.0

Description: 2 fragments of slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; both fragments broken on all sides; fr. A: 1-2 letters in each line; fr. B: no readable text

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems