Text 915

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, findspot not recorded, probably surface find
Excavation no.
I 74
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11624g
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 15; W: 11; Th: 3.5 (6 with frame)
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface grey-brown
Text colour
vague traces of paint
Lines
5
Height of letters
c. 3
Description
Fragment of the left margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a high raised border, 1.5 cm high and wide. Slight traces of paint inside letters.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; beginnings of 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 95
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 95
Other editions
Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 92, no. 74; I. Khartoum Copt. 94, pl. 58, lower
Other publications
 
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