Text 874

Provenance
Mushu (Mesho)
Region
Makuria
Findspot
perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
fr. B: SNM 32197 (provisional museum no. M.12)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
800–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
A: H: 8.5; W: 5; Th: 2;
B: H: 7; W: 4; Th: 2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish-brown
Text colour
white
Lines
A: 3
Height of letters
2.5-3.0
Description
2 fragments of slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; both fragments broken on all sides; fr. A: 1-2 letters in each line; fr. B: no readable text
Date
800–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXV (fr. A)
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 40, pl. 25 (fr. A)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2009b, p. 202; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)
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