monastery on kom H, building 4, room W.1, upper layers
Excavation no.
Hdd.18.322
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Michaelinkouda, monk
Date
4 April 758
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 30; W: 19; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
reddish grey
Text colour
traces of paint in letters
Lines
15
Height of letters
Description
rectangular slab with slightly rounded side edges; epigraphic field framed by incised line, double on the top; script largel in upper part, smaller and tighter in the lower one
Decorative elements
State of preservation
almost complete, only lower left corner broken off; minor damage to the surface, but not affecting the reading
Date
4 April 758
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar indiction Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲯⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲓⲛⲇⲓ ⲓ︤ⲁ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲓ ⲩ̄ⲟ̄ⲇ
Transcription
"on the ninth of the month of Parmoute, in the 11th indiction, (in the year from) Diocletian 474" (ll. 11–13)
monastery on kom H, building 4, room W.1, upper layers
Excavation no.
Hdd.18.322
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
probably apotropaic inscription invoking Jesus Christ and Mary
Date
800–1399
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 30; W: 19; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
reddish grey
Text colour
Lines
5
Height of letters
Description
rectangular slab with slightly rounded side edges; inscription executed on the back side of the epitaph DBMNT 4402, suggesting the re-use of the stone; epigraphic field marked off by incised line on the top
two non-joining fragments of rectangular plaque; epigraphic field framed by double incised groove; ruling in form of shallowly incised lines, well visible only on fragment (b)
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; only fragments from left and lower margins preserved
Date
29 August 771–29 August 771 --
Chronological systems
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲉⲧⲟⲩ[ⲥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍] ⲩ̅ⲡ̅ⲏ̄
Transcription
''[---] in the year [from Diocletian] 488'' (ll. 7–8)
cathedral, north vestibule, east wall; accompanying painting no. 36 (Nativity)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 36 (painting)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24312
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
legend to painted representation of Nativity, including description of ‘the grotto’, ‘the manger’, ‘the shepherds’, and St Joseph.
Date
700–799
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 100; W: 173
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
1: 1; 2: 1; 3: 1; 4: 2
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
four inscription painted inn black ink in differen places of the painting: (1) on the manger; (2) to the right of the manger; (3) above the shephard’s head; (4) below St Joseph