Text 2244

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Lepsius's expedition, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin (previously Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin)
Museum no.
9684 (old no. ÄM 1483)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk (?)
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 15; W: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface grey-red
Text colour
 
Lines
4 (5 reconstructed)
Height of letters
2–2.5
Description
Fragment of the left margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a double incised line, leaving margin of ca. 2 cm. Traces of yellow paint on the whole surface.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; part of left margin
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
father (= abbot) ([ⲡⲉⲛ]ⲉⲓⲱ[ⲧ]): ll. 2–3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 90
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 551
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 90
Other editions
 
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 551; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255; Cramer 1949, p. 10
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