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Text 937

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
(a): found in 1956 outside monastery, behind southern enclosure wall
(b): Polish-Sudanese excavations, room 77–80, upper level; found together with DBMNT 4209
Excavation no.
(a): not registered
(b): Gh.2015.2.045
Present location
(a): Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (b): Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
(a): SNM 11783 (b): not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Paulos
Date
700–999
Notes
dating formula in Greek (l. 7)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
(a): H: 24; W: 19; Th: 8
(b): H: 23; W: 16; Th: 6.7
Total: H: 24; W: c. 37; Th: 6.7–8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish grey
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
1.5–2.5 (ϯ in l. 2: 3.5)
Description
Two joining parts of the lower part of a slab with almost complete lower margin and a fragment of left margin preserved; a tiny fragment of the lower right corner of the epigraphic filed visible at the end of line 7, but the original right edge of the stone missing. The epigraphic field framed by a raised border, leaving the margin of 3.2–3.5 cm. Two big cuts in the lower margin. The back of the slab left unworked.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; upper part lacking
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲑⲱⲑ ⲓ̈ⲇ
Transcription
"in the month of Thoth, (day) 14" (l. 7)
Months
ⲑⲱⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 118
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 118
Other editions
I. Khartoum Copt. 116, pl. 69 (fragment [a])
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Text 938

Provenance
Umm Ruweim
Region
Makuria
Findspot
site F
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11313 f + g
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–1099
Notes
Wadi Abu Dom
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
(f) H: 9; W: 4.5; Th: 2;
(g) H: 3.5; W: 5; Th:2
Text dimensions
(f): H: 7; W: 4.5; (g): H: 3.5; W: 5)
Object colour
brown
Text colour
white
Lines
(f) 3; (g) 2
Height of letters
c. 1.5-2.0
Description
two non-joining fragments of probably one slab; flat, plain margin (fr. f), W: c. 1.0
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; (f): beginnings of lines (1-2 letters) with left margins; (g): few letters, no margins; no coherent text can be reconstructed
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXX
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 117, pl. 70
Other editions
 
Other publications
Chittick 1955, p. 88; Tsakos 2010a, p. 685 (no. 15)
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Text 939

Provenance
Umm Ruweim
Region
Makuria
Findspot
site F
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11313 h
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–1099
Notes
Wadi Abu Dom
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 12; W: 5.5; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
H: 11; W: 4.5
Object colour
brown
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
c. 2.0
Description
fragment of slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line, flat outer margin W: 1.0-1.5; ruling (H of register: 3.0-4.5); lines 2–3 occupy one ruled space
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower left corner with beginnings of last lines and portions of left and lower margins; surface very much worn; no coherent text can be reconstructed
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXX
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 118, pl. 70
Other editions
 
Other publications
Chittick 1955, p. 88; Tsakos 2010a, p. 685 (no. 15)
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Text 940

Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 7844
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 700–999
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 11; W: 11; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
c. 1.7
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line, flat outer margin W: 1.0–1.5; ruling (H of register: 2.0–2.5), the last (lowermost) register uninscribed
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower left corner with beginnings of last lines and portions of left and bottom margins; surface much worn; reconstruction uncertain
Date
probably 700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXXIII
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 122, pl. 73
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 941

Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 7850
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 700–999
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 14; W: 9; Th: 1.6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
1.8-1.9
Description
fragment of rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line, outer margin W: c. 1.0
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper right corner with endings of 4 first lines and portions of right and upper margins
Date
probably 700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXXIII
Image
Image not available
Source
 
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Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 123, pl. 73
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 942

Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 7851
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk
Date
probably 700–999
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 11; W: 9; Th: 3.2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
c. 2.0-2.2
Description
fragment of slab; epigraphic field framed by double incised line, flat outer margin W: c. 1.0
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; left-hand part with beginnings of lines and portion of left margin
Date
probably 700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲛ̇ⲥⲟⲛ): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXXIV
Image
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 124, pl. 74
Other editions
 
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Text 943

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 32194
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Ioannes (?)
Date
700–1099
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 16; W: 8; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
H: 16; W: 6.5
Object colour
red-brown
Text colour
traces of paint
Lines
6
Height of letters
2.0-2.5
Description
fragment of slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line, flat outer margin W: c. 1.5
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; left-hand part with beginnings of lines and portion of left margin
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXXV
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 126, pl. 75
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2009b, p. 202 (no. 6); Tsakos 2010a, p. 670 (no. 27)
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Text 944

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 32195
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–1099
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 8; W: 12; Th: 2
Text dimensions
H: 8; W; 10.5
Object colour
grey-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
c. 1.5
Description
fragment of slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line, flat outer margin W: c. 0.75; ruling (H of register: c. 2.0)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; left-hand part with beginnings of lines and portion of left margin
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXXVI
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 127, pl. 76
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2009b, p. 202 (no. 6); Tsakos 2010a, p. 670 (no. 27)
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Text 945

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 32196
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–1099
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 8.5; W: 8; Th: 2
Text dimensions
H: 5.5; W: 7.5
Object colour
red-brown
Text colour
red paint over white slip
Lines
2
Height of letters
2.5-3.0
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line, flat outer margin W: c. 2.5
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper part with few letters of 2 first lines and portion of upper margin
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXXVI
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 128, pl. 76
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2009b, p. 202 (no. 6); Tsakos 2010a, p. 670 (no. 27)
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Text 946

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6779
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 14; W: 15.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
photo unavailable
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper left part with beginnings of 6 first lines and portions of upper and left margins; lower part lost
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 27
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 683 (no. 1)
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Text 947

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6780
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of woman (?) ..mishe
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 29.5; W: 20
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
16
Height of letters
 
Description
photo unavailable
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete; some beginnings and endings of lines lost; portions of all margins
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 28
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 683 (no. 1); Richter 2013, p. 136
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Text 948

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
6781
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 8; W: 17
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela; photo unavailable
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper part with complete text; complete upper margins and upper portions of the side ones; lower part of stone lost
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Mina 29
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 683 (no. 1)
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