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Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Sinnie and Chittick's excavations, cemetery 2, in situ mounted in the mastaba of one of the tombs
Excavation no.
I 78
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11626
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 21; W: 25; Th: 3.3
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
core grey; surface light brown; back red-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
1.3-3
Description
Lower part of a plaque (put together from three pieces) with complete bottom margin and lower parts of both side margins. The epigraphic field framed by a slightly raised border, 1.4–1.8 cm wide.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmenatry; put together from 3 pieces; only lower part preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[--- ⲡ]ⲁ̣ⲩⲛⲓ ⲏ̇ⲙ̣[ⲉⲣⲁ]
Transcription
"[---] Payni, on day [numeral]" (ll. 2–3)
Months
ⲡ]ⲁ̣ⲩⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 147
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 147
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 93, no. 78; I. Khartoum Greek 42, pl. 41
Other publications
 
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