monastery on kom H, south-west annex, room 2A, floor level, probably inserted into floor
Excavation no.
D.3/04
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of ---a, son of Ettinen
Date
1000–1199
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 37.0; W: 29.0; Th. 5.3
Text dimensions
Object colour
blue
Text colour
Lines
23
Height of letters
0.5 (ⲩ l. 5) – 1.5 (ⲛ l. 11)
Description
rectangular slab, slightly sunken in the middle (probably as result of being inserted into the floor); text within flat margins; letters becoming bigger and more spaced at the end of text
Decorative elements
State of preservation
ston complete; inscription fragmentary due to badly worn out surface