Text 847

Provenance
Khor Dam el-Tor
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 9503 OO
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–1099
Notes
near Bageri
perhaps νεύσει καὶ βουλήσει/κελεύσει type
perhaps from the same object as I. Khartoum Greek 73 (DBMNT 845)
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 6.5; W: 10.5; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface red-brown; core black to red-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
3.0
Description
fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by double incised line (on distance 0.7–0.8; outer flat margin W: 1.1)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragment of upper part with 3 letters from the uppermost line and portion of upper margin
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. LXXIV
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 76, pl. 74
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 688 (no. 23)
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