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Text 4435

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12701

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of anonymous daughter of Ṣabāḥ
Date: 5 January 860
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 51; W: 23
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 14
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, but effaced

Date: 5 January 860
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Saturday, on Shawwāl 7, in the year two hundred forty-five (ll. 12–14)
Months: Shawwāl
Weakdays: Saturday
Feasts

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Latest edition: Wiet 1936a, p. 78 (no. 551) (= TEI 17549)
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Text 4436

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12700

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Maryam client of Umm Yaḥyā
Date: 15 October 874
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 57; W: 31
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 8
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 15 October 874
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Thursday, on the last day of Dhū al-Ḥijja, in the year two hundred sixty (ll. 6–8)
Months: Dhū al-Ḥijja
Weakdays: Thursday
Feasts

Offices & titles: mawlā (مولات): l. 4

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Latest edition: Hassan Hawary – Hussein Rached 1939, p. 103 (no. 1015) (= TEI 17997)
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Text 4437

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Nubia Museum, Aswan (formerly Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo)
Museum no.: 12717

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Ibrahīm
Date: 4 November 894
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 55; W: 48
Text dimensions
Object colour: grey
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela, epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 4 November 894
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Tuesday, on the first day of Ramaḍān, in the year two hundred eighty-one (ll. 7–9)
Months: Ramaḍān
Weakdays: Tuesday
Feasts

Offices & titles

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: © G. Ochała
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Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, p. 64 (no. 1347) (= TEI 18302)
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Text 4438

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12711

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Isḥaq
Date: 28 October 900
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 49; W: 30
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 14
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela, epigraphic field framed by incised line on the top and right
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 28 October 900
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Saturday, on the first day of Dhū al-Qa‘da, in the year two hundred eighty-seven (ll. 9–12)
Months: Dhū al-Qa‘da
Weakdays: Saturday
Feasts

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Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, p. 87 (no. 1396) (= TEI 18338)
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Text 4439

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12699

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of ‘A’īsha
Date: 8 November 900
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 50; W: 26
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 12
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 8 November 900
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Friday, on Dhū al-Qa‘da 12, in the year two hundred eighty-seven (ll. 7–9)
Months: Dhū al-Qa‘da
Weakdays: Friday
Feasts

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Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, p. 87 (no. 1397) (= TEI 18339)
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Text 4440

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12720

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Ziyād, slave of Ibrahīm
Date: 20 August 904
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 74; W: 42
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 20 August 904
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Monday, on Shawwāl 5, in the year two hundred ninety-one (ll. 8–10)
Months: Shawwāl
Weakdays: Monday
Feasts

Offices & titles: slave (فتى): l. 5

Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, pp. 103–4 (no. 1429) (= TEI 18393)
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Text 4441

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12693

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of ... b. Bilāl, slave of Umayyā
Date: 29 July 911
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 83; W: 38
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 13
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements: six-pointed star at the bottom of the text
State of preservation: complete, but damaged in some places

Date: 29 July 911
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Saturday, on Dhū al-Qa‘da 5, in the year two hundred ninety-eight (ll. 8–10)
Months: Dhū al-Qa‘da
Weakdays: Saturday
Feasts

Offices & titles: slave (فتى): l. 5

Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, pp. 129–30 (no. 1488) (= TEI 18436)
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Text 4442

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Nubia Museum, Aswan (formerly Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo)
Museum no.: 12696

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Fāṭima, mawla of al-Sharīf
Date: 914–915
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 63; W: 35
Text dimensions
Object colour: grey
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, but bottom lines damaged

Date: 914–915
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens

Dating formulae
Transcription: in the year three hundred and two (ll. 9–10)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: mawlā (مولى): l. 8

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: © G. Ochała
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Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, p. 139 (no. 1506) (= TEI 18450)
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Text 4443

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12718

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of ‘Ā’isha
Date: 9 June 919
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 42; W: 35
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, but last line damaged

Date: 9 June 919
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
day of the week
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Wednesday, on Muḥarram 7, in the year three hundred and seven (ll. 7–9)
Months: Muḥarram
Weakdays: Wednesday
Feasts

Offices & titles

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Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, p. 154 (no. 1539) (= TEI 18510)
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Text 4444

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12715

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of unidentified person
Date: 22 December 919
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 41; W: 28
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 7
Height of letters

Description: bottom part of sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary, only bottom part preserved

Date: 22 December 919
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
day of the week
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Wednesday, on Rajab 26, in the year three hundred and seven (ll. 2–4)
Months: Rajab
Weakdays: Wednesday
Feasts

Offices & titles

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Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, p. 155 (no. 1543) (= TEI 18513)
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Text 4445

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12691

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Fāṭima
Date: 26 December 919
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 50; W: 31
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 11
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements: interlinear decoration in form of chevrons; six-pointed star at the end of line 7
State of preservation: complete

Date: 26 December 919
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
day of the week
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Friday, on the last day of Rajab, in the year three hundred and seven (ll. 7–9)
Months: Rajab
Weakdays: Friday
Feasts

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Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, p. 156 (no. 1544) (= TEI 18514)
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Text 4446

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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12698

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Amatullah Umm Ibrahīm
Date: 13 January 920
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 72; W: 32
Text dimensions
Object colour: not recorded
Text colour
Lines: 12
Height of letters

Description: sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 13 January 920
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens
day of the week
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: on Thursday, on Sha‘bān 18, in the year three hundred and seven (ll. 10–12)
Months: Sha‘bān
Weakdays: Thursday
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Wiet 1936b, pp. 156–7 (no. 1546) (= TEI 18515)
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