Text 901

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 11592
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
pronoia or keleusis type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 16; W: 13; Th: c. 2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
4 + 1
Height of letters
c. 2–3
Description
Upper left corner of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a double incised line, leaving the outer margins of ca. 0.5–1 cm. One line of text incised on the upper edge of the plaque, upside down in respect to the main body of the text.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper left corner with beginnings of four topmost lines
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 62
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 62
Other editions
Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 70, no. 2; I. Khartoum Copt. 75, pl. 46
Other publications
 
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