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- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11273l
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing & painted
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- fragment of epitaph
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- keleusis type
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- H: 7; W: 22; Th: 2
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- red
- Text colour
- yellow (?)
- Lines
- 2
- Height of letters
- c. 2
- Description
- Almost complete uppermost part of a plaque, put together from three fragments; only the upper right corner missing with only one letter in line 1. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving narrow outer margin of ca. 1 cm in width. Traces of yellow (?) paint in letters.
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- upper part put toghether from 3 pieces; almost complete left margin and portion of the right one; right corner chipped off; lower part lost; surface heavily worn and barely legible, especially in line 2
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 52
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 82, no. 43; I. Khartoum Copt. 59, pl. 35, upper
- Other publications
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Text 890
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11273m
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- unidentified
- Content
- fragment of epitaph
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- keleusis type
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- H: 5; W: 9; Th: 2
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- brown
- Text colour
- Lines
- 1
- Height of letters
- c. 3
- Description
- Fragment of a plaque, without margins, but belonging probably to the uppermost part; the surviving line was plausibly the first line of the text.
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; broken on all sides
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 56
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 82, no. 44; I. Khartoum Copt. 60, pl. 35, lower
- Other publications
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Text 891
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
-
(a), (b), (d): Polish-Sudanese excavations:
(a): room Z
(b): room 104, fill, east side
(d): outside monastery, west of south gate
(c): Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances - Excavation no.
- (a): Gh.2015.1.034
(b): Gh.2015.2.038
(c): not registered
(d): Gh.2016.1.190 - Present location
- (a), (b), (d): Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima (c): Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- (a), (b), (d): not registered (c): SNM 11273n
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Greek
- Content
- epitaph of Philotheos
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- 'God of the spirits'
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- (a): H: 16.2; W: 18; Th: c. 3
(b)+(c)+(d): H: 14.5; W: 16.5; Th: c. 3
reconstructed: H: 24; W: 31; Th: c. 3 - Text dimensions
- Object colour
- core black, front and back red to black, side greyish red
- Text colour
- Lines
- 6
- Height of letters
- 1.5–2.5 (ⲫ: 4)
- Description
- Four fragments (three joining) of a plaque: (a) – central part, no margins; (b)–(d) – central part of right margin. The epigraphic field framed by a broad groove, ca. 1.5 cm wide. Fragment (a) heavily worn and hardly legible, especially in the lower part.
Very porous Nile clay with considerable organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite). - Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; central part (a) and fragment of right margin (b+c+d); fragment (a) heavily worn and eroded in lower part
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 10
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 82, no. 45 (fragment [c]); I. Khartoum Copt. 61, pl. 36 (fragment [c])
- Other publications
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Text 892
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
-
(a): Polish-Sudanese excavations, room 38
(b): Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, west of monastery - Excavation no.
- (a): Gh.2015.1.001
(b): not registered - Present location
- (a): Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima (b): Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- (a): not registered (b): SNM 11273o
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- fragment of epitaph of Theodoros
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- pronoia type
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- (a) H: 15.5; W: 13.8
(b) H: 14; W: 7; Th: 2.5
Reconstructed: H: 16; W: c. 28; Th.: 2.5 - Text dimensions
- Object colour
- core black, surface red
- Text colour
- Lines
- 5 (8 reconstructed)
- Height of letters
- 2–3.2 (ϥ in l. 8: 4.2)
- Description
- Two non-joining pieces of apparently one plaque: (a) – left margin; (b) – right margin. About a quarter of the total width is missing in the centre. The pieces have preserved fragments of five lines (ll. 4–8 of the edition below); probably three lines missing from the top.
Porous Nile clay with organic and considerable mineral admixture (mica, quartzite). - Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary, central parts of left and right margins preserved
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- brother (= monk) ([ⲡⲉ]ⲛ̣ⲥⲟⲛ): l. 6
monk (ⲙ̣ⲟⲛ[ⲁⲭⲟⲥ]): ll. 7–8
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 41
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 83, no. 46 (fragment [b]); I. Khartoum Copt. 62, pl. 37 (fragment [b])
- Other publications
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Text 893
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, room to the north of northern church
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11273p
- 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: 7; W: 7; Th: 3
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- surface pinkish
- Text colour
- yellow l. 1; different color l. 2
- Lines
- 2
- Height of letters
- c. 2
- Description
- Fragment of the right margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of 1.5 cm in width. Remains of yellow paint in letters in line 1 and a different paint in line 2.
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; part of right margin
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 97
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 83, no. 47; I. Khartoum Copt. 63, pl. 38, upper
- Other publications
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Text 894
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, perhaps near grave no. 3
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11273q
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- fragment of epitaph
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- pronoia or keleusis type
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- H: 5.5; W: 7; Th: 2.5–3
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- pinkish
- Text colour
- doubtful traces of paint
- Lines
- 1
- Height of letters
- c. 1.5
- Description
- Fragment of the upper margin of a plaque, near the left corner. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margin of 1.5 cm in width.
- Decorative elements
- The margin decorated with a row of deep dots.
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; part of upper margin, near to left corner with beginning of the first line of text and portion of upper margin
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 64
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 83, no. 48; I. Khartoum Copt. 64, pl. 38, lower
- Other publications
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Text 895
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, north part
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11273s
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic (?)
- Content
- fragment of epitaph
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- H: 12; W: 9; Th: 2
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- surface red-brown
- Text colour
- Lines
- 4
- Height of letters
- c. 2
- Description
- Fragment of a plaque, without margins. In the upper right corner of the fragment there are three incised lines visible, constituting probably the lower left corner of a rectangular/square frame in the centre of the stela.
- Decorative elements
- in upper part right part three incised lines at right angles, presumably part of cross or decorative panel
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; broken on all sides; remains of four lines
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 212
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 84, no. 50; I. Khartoum Copt. 65, pl. 38, lower
- Other publications
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Text 896
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, room to the north of northern church
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11274
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- fragment of epitaph
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- Material
- sandstone
- Object dimensions
- H: 20; W: 16; Th: 15
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- light-brown
- Text colour
- Lines
- 5 (6 reconstructed)
- Height of letters
- 2–3
- Description
- Fragment of the left margin of a slab, near the lower corner. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margin of ca. 1.5 cm in width. Judging by the reconstruction of line 3, roughly a half of the width of the stone is missing.
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; lower part of left margin with beginnings of last five lines
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 109
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 85, no. 57; I. Khartoum Copt. 66, pl. 39, upper
- Other publications
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Text 897
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
-
(a), (b): Polish-Sudanese excavations:
(a): fill east of southern church
(b): fill of southern church
(c): Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances - Excavation no.
- (a): G.13.006
(b): G.13.011
(c): I 22 + not registered? - Present location
- (a), (b): Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima (c) Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- (a), (b): not registered (c): SNM 11276 + SNM11624c
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- epitaph of Chael (?), monk (?)
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- pronoia-type
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- (a) H: 11.5; W: 12; Th: 3
(b) H: 13; W: 8.7; Th: 2.6
(c) H: 20; W: 25; Th: 3
reconstructed dimensions: H: c. 41; W: c. 30; Th: 2.6–3 - Text dimensions
- Object colour
- core black, front red, sides and back red to grey
- Text colour
- Lines
- 14
- Height of letters
- 1.3–1.5 (ϩ, ⲣ: c. 2.4; ϯ: 3.2)
- Description
- Several fragments (one not joining) of a rectangular plaque with slightly curved left edge. The left and bottom margins largely preserved, from the upper margin only a fragment of its left part, near the corner survives. The epigraphic field framed by a deeply incised line, leaving uninscribed margins of 1.3–2 cm on the left and 1.7–1.9 cm on the top.
Porous Nile clay with organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite). - Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- incomplete; upper right quarter with the whole right margin missing; from upper left quarter only two pieces preserved
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Egyptian calendar
- Dating formulae
- ϩⲛ̇ ⲥ̣[ⲟⲩ ca. 4 ⲙⲡⲉ]ⲃ̣[ⲟⲧ 9–11]
- Transcription
- "on day [numeral] of the month of [---]" (ll. 7–8)
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- brother (= monk) (?) ([ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ]): l. 5
monk (?) ([ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ]): l. 6
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 30
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 73, no. 10, ll. 5–10, cf. p. 77, no. 22 and p. 91, no. 70 (fragment [c]); I. Khartoum Copt. 68, ll. 7–12, pl. 41, lower (fragment [c])
- Other publications
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Text 898
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, in situ in grave no. 1
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11277
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing & painted
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- H: 20; W: 39; Th: 3.5
- Text dimensions
- H: c. 9.5; W: 25.5
- Object colour
- red
- Text colour
- yellow
- Lines
- 5
- Height of letters
- c. 2.5
- Description
- Lower part of a plaque, put together from three pieces, with complete lower margin and lowermost parts of both side margins. The epigraphic field framed by a raised border, 2–2.5 cm in width, leaving broad and low margin of 3.5–5 cm. The border decorated with wavy lines on sides and inscribed with the last line of the text at the bottom. The last letters of inscription written on the margin owing to the lack of space. Decoration and letters painted yellow after firing.
- Decorative elements
- zig-zag decoration incised on the raised border
- State of preservation
- bottom part (glued from 3 pieces) with last four lines and complete lower margin; upper part lost
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 119
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 86, no. 59, pl. 27b; I. Khartoum Copt. 69, pl. 42, upper
- Other publications
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Text 899
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, near grave no. 3
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11278
- 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: 21; W: 33; Th: 3
- Text dimensions
- H: c. 18; W: 29
- Object colour
- surface brown
- Text colour
- yellow (traces in ll. 4, 6)
- Lines
- 6
- Height of letters
- 1.5-2.5
- Description
- Lower part of a plaque, put together from five pieces, with complete lower margin and lowermost parts of both side margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, 2–2.5 cm in width, leaving narrow outer margin of 1.5–2.5 cm in width. The last line of the text written on the bottom margin. The text ruled with incised lines, forming uneven registers, with height varying from 2.5 to 4 cm. Letter painted white or yellow in lines 4 and 6.
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; lower part with last 6 lines; upper part lost
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 142
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 86, no. 60; I. Khartoum Copt. 70, pl. 42, lower
- Other publications
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- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, room to the north of northern church
- Excavation no.
- not registered
- Present location
- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
- Museum no.
- SNM 11280
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk (?)
- Date
- circa 800–899
- Notes
- pronoia-type
the same hand as I. Khartoum Copt. 73 (DBMNT 902)
- Material
- sandstone
- Object dimensions
- H: 21; W: 10.5; Th: 10
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- yellowish-brown
- Text colour
- Lines
- 8
- Height of letters
- c. 1.5
- Description
- Fragment of the upper right part of a slab, possibly the right upper corner, but the original margins not preserved. The surface is heavily worn and barely legible.
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary (upper right part); endings of lines (few letters) with portion of upper and right margins; lower part lost
- Date
- circa 800–899
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- brother (= monk) ([ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ]): l. 7
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 23
- Other editions
- Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 88, no. 62; I. Khartoum Copt. 71, pl. 43, lower
- Other publications
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