Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-109, mounted in west part of mastaba
Excavation no.
T.109
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 31; W: 31; Th: c. 17
Text dimensions
Object colour
white
Text colour
black
Lines
9
Height of letters
2–3
Description
Lower half of a rectangular slab with complete lower margin and large parts of both side margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by incised line, leaving uninscribed margins of 2–2.5 cm on the sides and 4–5 cm on the bottom. Cross potent incised in the lower right corner of the epigraphic field. The borderline, the letters, and the cross painted black.
Decorative elements
decorative cross in lower right corner, inside epigraphic field
State of preservation
incomplete, upper part lacking; stone extremely powdery and delicate, upper lines visible at the moment of discovery now disintegrated
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-126, mounted in west part of mastaba
Excavation no.
T.126
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 15.5; W: 27 (top), 23.5 (bottom); 5–6
Text dimensions
Object colour
greyish white
Text colour
black
Lines
7
Height of letters
1.2–2.5
Description
Lower half of a slab, narrower at the bottom and wider towards the top, with complete lower margin and the lower half of both side margins preserved. The stone cracked vertically in half and the right part horizontally, also in half, but all pieces still in place. Triangular lacuna in the central part. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margins of 1.8 cm on the right, 2.5 cm on the left, and 1.5–2 cm on the bottom. The margins left uninscribed apart from the ending of lines 3 and 4, with the last letters incised partly on the margin. The frame and the letters painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary, upper part lacking; stone powdery; inscription heavily obliterated
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-3-125, mounted in west part of mastaba
Excavation no.
T.125
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Georgios, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: ca. 37; W: 32.5; Th: 8–9
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
Lines
11
Height of letters
1–3
Description
Almost complete rectangular slab with only one line missing at the top. The front surface polished in lower right-hand part, apparently after the execution of inscription, causing the letters in this part to be much shallower than the rest.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete, one line lacking at the top
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Transcription
"on day twenty-one the month of Thoth" (ll. 6–8)
Months
ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ): ll. 4–5 monk (ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 6