Text 842

Provenance
Khor Dam el-Tor
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 9503 AA (right) + Z (left)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–1099
Notes
near Bageri
'God of the spirits' type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 16.5; W: 21.5; Th: 2.8 (3.5 w/border)
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface light brown; core grey
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
1.4-1.5 (ⲥⲏⲥ l. 2: 1. 2; ⲣ l. 4:3.0)
Description
fragment of rectangular plaque or stela; right upper corner slightly rounded; edges slightly raised above the epigraphic field; flat margins; letters slightly sloping
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
glued of two fragments; upper part with complete upper margin and portion of right margin; lower part lost
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. LXVIII
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 70, pl. 68
Other editions
Barns 1954, p. 32
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 688 (no. 23)
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