Text 2255
- Provenance
- Wadi Halfa
- Region
- Nobadia
- Findspot
- unknown
- Excavation no.
- Present location
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Museum no.
- Acc. No. E. SS.71
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Greek
- Content
- epitaph of unidentified person
- Date
- 900–1099
- Notes
- 'God of the spirits' type
- Material
- sandstone
- Object dimensions
- H: 42; W: 28; Th: 7
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- Text colour
- Lines
- c. 27 (17 preserved)
- Height of letters
- Description
- rectangular stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line; l. 1 with crosses and decorative lettering placed above the frame in upper margin
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- stone complete but severely weatherworn; text preserved only in upper half (remnants of c. 15 lines) and lower right corner (endings of 2 lines)
- Date
- 900–1099
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Source
- I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 164
- Image
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- Source
- I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 165
- Image
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- Latest edition
- I. Fitzwilliam 113, figs. on pp. 164, 165
- Other editions
- Other publications
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