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Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, main building
Excavation no.
D.13/02
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 31439
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
subliterary: magical
Language
Old Nubian
Content
magical ostrakon protecting against scorpion bites
Date
1100–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 13; W: 8.8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
roughly rectangular piece of pottery; inscription painted on outside
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
1100–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Jakobielski 2005d, fig. 22
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Jakobielski 2005b, p. 125, fig. 22
Other editions
 
Other publications
Jakobielski 2003, p. 224; Catalogue Warsaw 2006, pp. 57–8, no. 19, fig. on p. 57
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