Text 1754

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
FA 71/61–2
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
beginning of epitaph
Date
probably 600–899
Notes
'One is God' type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 22.5; W: 32.5; Th: 11.5
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised on upper part of reused round-topped Meroitic stela, below decorative panel
Decorative elements
Meroitic decoration in relief: winged disc above, amphora below
State of preservation
object fragmentary: only upper left part preserved; inscription incomplete
Date
probably 600–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Faras Greek, fig. 43
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Markschies – Hildebrandt 2012, pp. 510–511 (no. 96.6) (with wrong inv. no.)
Other editions
Jakobielski 1965, p. 163 (no. 1), figs. 12, 85; I. Faras Greek 48, fig. 43
Other publications
Michałowski 1965a, pp. 41–2; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 331
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