Text 2464

Provenance
Arminna
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig
Museum no.
1686
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
epitaph of Ḥabība
Date
1 September 1032
Notes
RCEA gives daily date in translation but not in transcription
labelled "Egypt" in RCEA, the same in TEI
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border divided into two by incised line; broad lower margin with recess in its middle serving for mounting the stela onto the tomb
Decorative elements
upper border decorated with zigzag line
State of preservation
complete; lower right corner chipped off but not affecting the text
Date
1 September 1032
Chronological systems
Era of the Saracens
Islamic calendar
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
"(on day twenty-two) in the month of Ramaḍān, in the year four hundred twenty-three" (ll. 6–9)
Months
Ramaḍān
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Image
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Latest edition
RCEA 6 2392 (= TEI 6394; photo available at <http://www.epigraphie-islamique.org/epi/picture_view_full.php?ref=2068/image/1.jpg>)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 118
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