Text 20

Provenance
Merowe East (?)
Region
Makuria
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 3826
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Christina
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 24.3; W: 16; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
c. 1.9-2
Description
rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
surface much worn, particularly to the bottom where text illegible
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲓ̣ⲛ̣ⲏ̣ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ ⲕ̄︤ⲏ︥̄
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 28" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. XXV
Image
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 30, pl. 29
Other editions
 
Other publications
Hinkel – Abdelrahman Ali Mohamed 2002, pp. 232–238; Łajtar 2014b, p. 224
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