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Text 2152
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Trismegistos
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text 104319
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Provenance
el-Arak
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (lost)
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Maria Tainisria
Date
800–1199
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
downstream of Merowe, right bank of the Nile
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 24.1; W: 30.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
pinkish
Text colour
Lines
12 + 1 on rim
Height of letters
Description
fragment of round-topped stela; epigraphic field framed by inscribed raised border
Decorative elements
State of preservation
upper half preserved
Date
800–1199
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
Toponyms & ethnonyms
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Source
Nicholson 1933, pl. 9
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 4
Other editions
Nicholson 1933, pp. 83–5, pl. 9; SB 5 8235; SEG 8 875
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 250; Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 18); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Łajtar 1996c, p. 108 (no. 35); Tsakos 2009a, pp. 229–30 (no. 9), fig. 8; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 13)
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