Polish-Sudanese excavations, fill of southern church
Excavation no.
G.13.014
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic (?)
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 13.5; W: 9.5; Th: 7
Text dimensions
Object colour
originally light grey (patina); after conservation front surface light brown
Text colour
Lines
4
Height of letters
1–2
Description
Fragment of the right margin of a slab. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, forming the margin of 2.5 cm on the left.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; fragment of left margin with beginning of four lines; before conservation very fragile and powdery, after it more durable but original colour lost
Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin (previously Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin)
Museum no.
10000 (old no. ÄM 12836)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 28; W: 11; Th: 2–3 (4 with the border)
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, front dark greyish red, back red
Text colour
Lines
2
Height of letters
2.2–3
Description
Fragment of the upper right part of a round-topped plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a raised border 1.1–2.2 cm wide, leaving a broad uninscribed outer margin of 3–3.5 cm. The upper part of the epigraphic field apparently left uninscribed. It presumably contained some decorative elements. The front surface and the border are very crudely formed with fingers and not smoothed. In the profile of the lower part of the fragment, one can see a round hole (0.8 cm in diameter) below the raised border. It must have had some technological function.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; fragment of right margin with ending of two lines
One of the corners of a plaque. The surviving trace of one (?) letter do not allow establishing the orientation of the piece. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margins of 1–1.5 cm.
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, found re-used in a mound of stones, perhaps serving as the superstructure of tomb Ghz-2-133
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.012
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 7.4; W: 8; Th: 3
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, surface red
Text colour
white (?)
Lines
3
Height of letters
c. 2.2
Description
Fragment of the left (?) margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field is framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of 1.5 cm. The borderline and letters painted white but only slight remains of paint survive.
Very porous Nile clay with considerable organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; part of one side (left?) margin preserved with remnants of three lines; surface very eroded
Two fragments of a plaque: (a) – right margin, (b) – lower margin. The epigraphic field framed by a groove, ca. 1 cm wide, leaving the outer margin of 3.4 cm. The letters were deeply carved.
Porous Nile clay with organic and considerable mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; two fragments from right and bottom margins with remains of five lines