Łajtar 1997a, pp. 117–18, no. 1; I. Khartoum Greek 20, pl. 19
Other publications
Jakobielski – Ostrasz 1967/8, p. 133 (a), pl. 25; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 383; Łajtar 1996c, p. 107, no. 28; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 30; CSBE(2), p. 82, n. 96, p. 316; Brakmann 2006, p. 305; CSCN, pp. 65–6, 77, 80, table 47 on p. 337, p. 339; Łajtar 2014b, p. 224
Jakobielski – Krzyżaniak 1967/8, p. 163, pls. 32a, 33; Leclant 1968, p. 123; Leclant 1969, p. 294, pl. 49 (70); Dzierżykray-Rogalski – Jakobielski 1975a, pp. 44–5, drawing on p. 48; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 106–7; Hägg 1990, pp. 159, 162; Gartkiewicz 1990, pp. 258–61, fig. 150; Łajtar 1996c, p. 107, no. 30; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 30; CSBE(2), p. 82; CSCN, p. 68, table 11 on p. 71; Vantini 2009, p. 105 + fig; Godlewski 2013a, p. 57; Łajtar 2014b, p. 227; Berkes 2017, p. 117, table on p. 119
Łajtar 1991, pp. 157–159 (Ann. Epigr. 1995, 1618); Łajtar 1997a, pp. 122–123, no. 6; I. Khartoum Greek 23, pl. 22
Other publications
Leclant – Clerc 1990, p. 423; Godlewski 1991, pp. 85–86; Hägg 1998, p. 115; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 40; Welsby 2002, p. 62; Catalogue London 2004, pp. 216–217, no. 186; CSBE(2), p. 76, n. 48; Godlewski 2013a, fig. on p. 116
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, in situ mounted in the mastaba of one of the tombs
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11279
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Prochoros, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 46; W: 37.5; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
pink-brown
Text colour
white
Lines
21 (22 reconstructed)
Height of letters
c. 1
Description
Almost complete plaque with complete bottom margin and larger parts of both side margins preserved. Twenty lines of text survive on the front surface; the upper margin along with two more lines of the text is lost. The epigraphic field framed by a raised border with a shallow groove in the middle. From the point of view of the execution technique, the stela constitutes a curiosity: the text was apparently first painted with white paint after firing, and afterwards the letters were incised through the paint. Note, however, that some letters and signs were not cut, only painted: ⲓ in ⲥⲩⲍⲏⲧⲁⲓ in line 13, the supralinear stroke above ⲕ̄ⲉ̄︥ in line 16; the mid-dot after ⲁⲗⲏⲑⲉⲓⲁ in line 17; the supralinear dot above the ⲏ in ⲏ̇ⲯⲩⲭⲏ and the cluster ⲧⲟⲩⲉⲛⲁⲅⲁ in line 19; and entire lines 20–21. The surface seems to have been painted red. The last line of the text (l. 22) written on the left border, upside down in relation to the main text.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
upper part lacking; surface eroded beneath breaking
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11625
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Georgios, deacon
Date
700–999
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 44; W: 40; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
brown
Text colour
grey-violet
Lines
15
Height of letters
1.2–3
Description
Six joining pieces forming an incomplete plaque of an elliptical shape, with complete bottom margin, large part of the left margin, and the lower part of the right one preserved. Upper right-hand quarter of the stela and a small fragment of right margin missing. The first line visible on the plaque is most probably not the actual first line of the text – it seems that there was at least one more line containing cross(es) and possibly an invocation or acclamation. The epigraphic field framed by raised border decorated with incised plaited motif. The surface was whitewashed. The letters, the raised border, and the band along the edges (ca. 8 cm wide) painted grey-violet.
Decorative elements
border decorated with incised plaited motif
State of preservation
incomplete; preserved in six fragments glued together; upper and part of right side lacking; surface peeled off
Two pieces of a round-topped (?) slab: (a) – upper right corner, (b) – lower left corner. They do not join, but appear to be very close to one another: line 7 of fragment (b) may be the continuation of the first line preserved in fragment (b) or there may be one more line missing.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete; upper right quarter and lower left one preserved with original margins