Text 813

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, room N
Excavation no.
I 51
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11267
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 9.5; W: 11.5; Th: 8.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-yellow
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
0.6–0.7 (ⲁ in l. 1: 2.1)
Description
Right-hand part of upper edge of a round-topped slab. The epigraphic field framed by a fillet. Line 1 written partly on the fillet.
Decorative elements
symbolic lettering in top margin
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper part with right halves of lines and portion of upper margin; lower part lost
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 8
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 8
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 84, no. 51; I. Khartoum Greek 34, pl. 33
Other publications
 
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