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Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 192B, surface
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA66573
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified text mentioning bishop Longinos
Date
probably 550–699
Notes
possibly in a Nubian language
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 14; W: 14.6
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted on upper external part of potsherd, partly on ribbing; lower part left uninscribed
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; upper part lost, as well as side margins
Date
probably 550–699
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
apa (ⲁⲡ̣ⲁ): l. 7
bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ): l. 7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA66573
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Meltzer 1982, p. 84 (no. 1), pl. 92.1; photo available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=347302001&objectId=152099&partId=1
Other editions
 
Other publications
Mills 1982, p. 42 (no. 4)
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