Text 60

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11612
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 20; W: 22; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface red
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
c. 2–2.5
Description
Right central part of a plaque with a fragment of the right margin preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of ca. 0.5 cm in width.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragemntary; part of right margin preserved; put together from two pieces
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧ]ϣ̣ⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉ[ⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲩ]ⲛⲓ
Transcription
"on day thirteen of the month of Payni" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩ]ⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ): l. 1
monk (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 86
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 86
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 77, no. 23; I. Khartoum Copt. 83, pl. 52, upper
Other publications
 
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