Polish-Sudanese excavations, room 106, central part
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.253
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
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: 10.3; W: 12; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, surface red
Text colour
white
Lines
3
Height of letters
2–3
Description
Fragment of the right margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of 1.8 cm on the right. The borderline and the letters painted white after firing.
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-156, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.156
Present location
unknown (stolen from the site)
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Merkourios, pistos
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
surface red
Text colour
black
Lines
8
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
Lower part of a roughly rectangular plaque with complete lower margin and a large part of both side margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line. The surface of the stela whitewashed and then the letters and frame painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete, upper part lacking
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲁⲥⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Transcription
"on the twenty-sixth of the month of Mesore" (ll. 4–6)
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-138A, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.138A
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
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: 18; W: 32; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, surface red
Text colour
black
Lines
6
Height of letters
2.5–3.5 (ϯ: 4.5)
Description
Lower part of a plaque with complete lower margin and the lower part of both side margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margins of 2 cm on the sides and 2–2.5 cm on the bottom. The last line of the text written partly on the frame. The frame and the letters painted black after firing.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete, upper part lacking; the fragment was twice as high at the moment of discovery with remains of at least one more line still visible, but the upper part completely disintegrated due to its extreme fragility
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-145, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.145
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 25; W: 26.5; Th: 8–10
Text dimensions
Object colour
pink
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
2–2.5
Description
Lower part of a slab with complete lower margin and a large part of the right one preserved; traces of the left margin discernible only at the bottom. The letters painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary, only lowermost line preserved; stone very fragile and powdery
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-106, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.106
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
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: 17; W: 37; Th: 2
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, surface red
Text colour
black
Lines
5
Height of letters
1.5–2.5 (ⲯ: 4.5)
Description
Lower part of a plaque with the complete lower margin and the lowermost part of both side margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving uninscribed margins of 2 cm. The frame and the letters painted black after firing.
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-112, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.112
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 21; W: 30.5; Th: 9.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
black
Lines
6 (7 reconstructed)
Height of letters
1–3
Description
Lower half of a slab with the slightly rounded bottom edge. Complete lower margin and a large part of side margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line crossing in the corners, leaving margins of 2–3 cm on sides and 4–5 cm on the bottom. The side margins left uninscribed, in the bottom margin three incised crosses. Traces of black paint in some letters, most visible in the first epsilon of line 5, the crosses in line 7; the last cross in line 6 only painted black, not incised.
Decorative elements
three crosses incised on bottom margin and painted black
Lower part of a slab with complete lower margin and the lower part of both side margins preserved. The lowermost part of the surface, ca. 10 cm high, left uninscribed. The text obliterated in the central part.
Polish-Sudanese excavations, outside monastery, west of south gate
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.191
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
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: 18; W: 23; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
core red towards back, surface red
Text colour
white
Lines
5
Height of letters
2–3
Description
Four joining fragments of the lower right corner of a plaque. The stela is red-slipped (the slip largely eroded) and the letters were painted white after firing.
Porous Nile clay with considerable organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; put together from four pieces; lower right corner with fragments of lower and right margins
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-118, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.118
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 14; W: 30.5; Th: 8
Text dimensions
Object colour
greyish white
Text colour
black
Lines
4 (5 reconstructed)
Height of letters
2–2.5 (ϩ: 3)
Description
Lower part of a slab with complete lower margin and the lowermost part of both side margins preserved. The lower left corner broken off, apparently originally. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving uninscribed margins of ca. 3–3.5 cm on the sides and ca. 2 cm on the bottom. The lower part of the epigraphic field left uninscribed apart from a cross potent on a standard incised in the right part. The cross and the letters painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper part lacking; lower left corner originally broken off