Text 2215

Provenance
Qustul
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
Q 1780
Present location
Museum of the Oriental Institute, Chicago
Museum no.
OIM 21558
Medium
architectural element
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
subliterary: catalogue of names
Language
unidentified
Content
list of archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Ourouel, Iael, Anael, and Zedekiel) and monograms of Archangels Michael and Raphael
Date
600–1499
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 36; W: 106; Th: 15.6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2 + 2 monograms
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular lintel with inscription incised on and below frieze; monograms incised on two round protrusions flanking central rosette
Decorative elements
lintel decorated with geometrical frieze above, supported by two columns at each end; centrally placed rosette flanked by 2 circular elements
State of preservation
upper right corner broken away; inscription complete
Date
600–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Ritner 2008, fig. 1
Image
Image not available
Source
Ritner 2008, fig. 2
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 2009b, p. 118
Other editions
Ritner 2008, pp. 107–15, figs. 1–2
Other publications
 
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