Text 914

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, findspot not recorded, probably surface find
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11624f
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 10; W: 11.5; Th: 2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface reddish-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
4 (5 reconstructed)
Height of letters
1.5–2
Description
Fragment of the lower part of the left margin (perhaps near to the lower corner) of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line and slightly raised frame, 1.5 cm wide.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; beginnings of four lines with part of left margin
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 107
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 107
Other editions
Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 92, no. 73; I. Khartoum Copt. 93, pl. 58
Other publications
 
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