10 joining (except for fr. K) pieces of a rectangular slab (upper right corner with side margin (fr. A-D); central part with no margins; fragments of the lower part (fr. F-G) with partially preserved margins (fr. J); originally stela was probably c. H: 40; W: 30; epigraphic field framed by incised lines, crossing at corner; flat outer margins c. 2-2.5
Decorative elements
2 crosses on the upper and 2 on the lower margin; linear decoration in corner (only upper-left survives)
State of preservation
right side (with upper and complete right margins) and bottom (with left, lower and right margin) with endings of almost all lines and beginnings of few last lines
roughly rectangular stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border, leaving flat, narrow left, lower and right margins; the upper margin is wide and decorated with engraved semicircle
Decorative elements
rosette with six petals at top outer margin
State of preservation
complete (top corners broken off); surface worn out; center part of the text illegible
structure 9651 (Church on the Point), level 001, among loose stones around G 8500
Excavation no.
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
900–1099
Notes
pronoia-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 25.7; W: 27; Th: 6.9
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
9
Height of letters
Description
upper part of (probably round-topped) stela; epigraphic field framed by engraved line with narrow, flat outer margins
Decorative elements
State of preservation
almost complete upper part (disposition of text suggests that stela was round-topped, however upper edge chipped off); surface worn; text with small lacunae; left, upper and right margins survive; lower part lost
fragment A: fill near the mouth of tomb T13, under cathedral tower(church 293) fragment B: tomb T9, S of cathedral tower (church 293)
Excavation no.
A: 64/2 (reg. no. 64/68) B: 78.1.23/18
Present location
A: unknown (lost)
B: Qasr Ibrim, left on site
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
900–1099
Notes
probably from the same stela as I. QI 48 (DBMNT 765)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
A: H: 15; W: 14 B: H: 12; W: 15; Th: 6
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
7
Height of letters
Description
two non-joining fragments from upper part of stela; fr. A – upper left corner; fr. B – upper right corner; epigraphic field framed by raised border with flat outer margins
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary (top); beginnings and endings of lines with portions of left, upper, and right margin; lower part lost
A: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51 (robbing of G 8500) B: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51, in broken mud C: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51, among large stones in loose sandy marl D: surface find on the mainland, beside track heading SW from Church on the Point (structure 9651), ca. 10.5 m from it
four fragments of round-topped plaque: three joining (A, B, C) forming lower right corner + one loose (D) from upper right part with some of rounded top; epigraphical field framed by raised border with flat outer margins
Decorative elements
imitation of acroteria below arch-like top?
State of preservation
two separate fragments: upper = fr. D, bottom = fr. A+B+C; part of right margin and almost complet lower margin preserved