Text 1246

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified; phase 4a
Excavation no.
6-K-3/540
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 17462
Medium
stamp
Technique
incised
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
1000–1099
Notes
dated by archaeological context
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 3.7; W: 10; Th: 3.7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
cuboid pottery stamp with different incised decoration on each side; inscription incised on one longer side, framed by double incised lines
Decorative elements
longer sides have the following patterns: wavy-line design, stylized figure of standing man with raised hands, and trunk-and-branches design; one shorter side bears eight-pointed star
State of preservation
complete, but much worn
Date
1000–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Adams 2001, pl. 32a–d
Image
Image not available
Source
Adams 2001, fig. 39
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Adams 2001, pp. 95–6, fig. 39, pl. 32a–e
Other editions
 
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