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Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified; phase 4c
Excavation no.
6-K-3/465
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 17491
Medium
unidentified
Technique
incised
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified object (signet?) with cryptogram of Archangel Michael and a name
Date
1100–1199
Notes
dated by archaeological context
Material
limestone
Object dimensions
H: 2.1; W: 1,7; Th: 1.1
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular stone object; top and bottom surfaces decorated with figural representations; inscriptions incised on side surfaces; cryptogram incised in mirror image; the other inscription incised normally
Decorative elements
larger surfaces decorated with figural representations: seated winged figure on one side, long-legged animal on the other
State of preservation
complete
Date
1100–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Adams 2001, pl. 34c–e
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Adams 2001, p. 101, pl. 34c–e)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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