Polish-Sudanese excavations, room 104, fill, east side
Excavation no.
Gh.2015.2.039
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 12; W: 10.6; Th: 1.7–1.8
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, front and sides red, back greyish red
Text colour
white
Lines
5
Height of letters
1.8–2.5
Description
Lower right corner of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a double incised line. Traces of white paint inside the letters and the borderlines. The last line written on the incised border.
Porous Nile clay with organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower right corner with part of left and lower margins and ending of five lowermost lines
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-120, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.120
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: 19; W: c. 35; Th: 7
Text dimensions
Object colour
greyish white
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
1.5–2.5
Description
Lower part of a slab with the bottom margin apparently complete, but invisible (mounted in the mastaba), and the lowermost part of both side margins preserved, but left margin largely invisible (mounted in the superstructure). The letters painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary, upper part lacking; stone powdery; inscription heavily obliterated
Polish-Sudanese excavations, fill above southern church
Excavation no.
G.13.005
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 15; W: 29.6; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, front and sides red, back completely eroded
Text colour
white
Lines
2 (3 reconstructed)
Height of letters
2–2.5
Description
Two joining pieces from the lower part of a plaque, with a large part of the bottom margin and a small lowermost fragment of the right one preserved. The epigraphic field framed by incised line, leaving uninscribed margins of ca. 2 cm. The letters were painted white after firing.
Porous Nile clay with considerable organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper part lacking; back surface completely eroded
Polish-Sudanese excavations, fill of southern church
Excavation no.
G.13.017
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 12.7; W: 9; Th: 4.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
originally white; after conservation front surface light brown
Text colour
Lines
3
Height of letters
2–2.5
Description
fragment of a slab, without margins
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; fragment of central part of stela; no margins preseved; before conservation very fragile and powdery, after it more durable but original colour lost
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, all fragments apart from the lower left corner re-used in the fill of the burial pit of tomb Ghz-2-148; the lower left corner found apparently in situ in the western end of the mastaba of this tomb
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.142
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
6 June 764–773
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 33; W: 36; Th: 2.5–3 (5 in badly burnt part)
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, front red with black spots, back red to grey
Text colour
Lines
10
Height of letters
part 1: 1.1–2 (ϥ: 3) part 2: 2–4 (ϩ: 5)
Description
Nine joining pieces forming the lower and central parts of a rectangular plaque, with more than a half of the lower margin and the lowermost part of the left one preserved; a tiny fragment of the right margin survives in the top of the piece. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margins of 1.8–2 cm on the left, 1.2–1.5 cm on the right, and 2–2.3 cm on the bottom. On the back impression of mat on which the stela dried up in the sun. The central lower part of the plaque very thick and deformed as a result of overburning. Text visually divided into two parts: ll. 1–4 written in small and narrow letters, ll. 5–10 in bigger and widely spaced; perhaps parts written by different hands.
Porous Nile clay with organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; put together from nine pieces; lower left corner with fragments of lower and left margins preserved as well as small piece of right margin in upper part of preserved fragment (central part of stela); central lower part very thick and deformed as result of overburning
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-121, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.121
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: 31; W: 36; Th: 9
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
2–2.5
Description
Lower part of a slab with complete lower margin and a large part of the left one preserved; the right edge of the slab preserved, but the margin completely destroyed, just like the whole upper part of the front surface. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the uninscribed margin of 4 cm on the left and 7.5 cm on the bottom. Traces of black paint inside the letters.
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, re-used in the fill of the burial pit of tomb Ghz-2-148
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.146
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: 14.8; W: 17; Th: 3.3 (5.5–6 with border)
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, surface red
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
2.5–3.7
Description
lower right corner of plaque; epigraphic field framed by raised border 1.2 cm high, forming Lower right corner of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a raised border 1.2 cm high and 1.4–2 cm wide. The surface of the stela was red-slipped and the letters painted black before (?) firing. The back was roughly worked.
Porous Nile clay with organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
decorative cross in the lowermost line
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower right corner with ending of four lowermost lines
Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-124B, mounted in the western end of the mastaba
Excavation no.
T.124B
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: 18; W: 27; Th: 7
Text dimensions
Object colour
greyish white
Text colour
black
Lines
3
Height of letters
c. 2
Description
Lower part of a slab with complete lower margin and lower part of both side margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving uninscribed margin of ca. 2 cm on the left, ca. 3 cm on the right, and ca. 3 cm on the bottom. The frame and the letters painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper part lacking; stone extremely powdery and fragile; lines 1–2 visible at the moment of discovery now almost completely illegible
Lower right corner of a slab. The epigraphic field framed by a double incised line, leaving uninscribed outer margin of 0.5–1 cm on the right and 1.5 cm on the bottom. Lower part of the epigraphic field left uninscribed. Letters and borderlines very shallowly incised.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower right corner with endings of two lines