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Provenance
Arminna
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
reused in construction of later grave, rather non-Muslim judging from orientation of grave, which is not S-N
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Museum no.
802
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 700–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 52; W: 33–45; Th: 8.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of trapezoidal stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
upper border decorated with David's star (left corner) and pentagram (right corner)
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower part lost
Date
probably 700–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Grohmann 1926, fig. on p. 221
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Grohmann 1926, pp. 220–3 (no. 1), fig. on p. 221
Other editions
Junker 1925a, p. 167 (no. 2)
Other publications
 
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