Text 1105

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, church, north part of nave, in rubble near floor
Excavation no.
D.4/04-5
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 17.0; W: 14.5; Th: 3.3
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-cream
Text colour
 
Lines
2 (text field); 2 (internal fillet); 2 (external fillet)
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela with sophisticated appearance: sunken field with main text (horizontal lines) framed by 2 concentric fillets (W: c. 3.0), both carrying inscriptions running around the main text; the whole inscription was framed by uninscribed raised border (W: 5.0)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower left corner with portions of left and lower margins
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2011, fig. 16
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2011, pp. 81–3, no. 18, fig. 16
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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