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Provenance
Khor Dam el-Tor
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
A: SNM 9503-CC + 9503-DD; B: SNM 9503-G; C: SNM 9503-EE; D: SNM 9503-FF; E: SNM 9503-H + 9503-II + 9503-d
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–1099
Notes
near Bageri
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
A: H: 15; W: 10; Th: 3.5
B: H: 8.5; W: 7; Th: 3.1
C: H: 6.5; W: 6.2; Th: 2.4
D: H: 5; W: 5.1
E: H: 23; W: 12.8; Th: 3.3
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface: brown
back: light-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
A + B: 3
C: 2
D: 2
E: 7
Height of letters
1-2.8
Description
five fragments of plaque; originally rectangular with slightly rounded edges
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
five fragments preserved, glued of smaller pieces
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏⲛⲏ [ⲫⲁⲣ]ⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ ⲓ︦ⲁ︥̄
Transcription
"in the month of Pharmouthi, (day) 11" (fragm. E, ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲫⲁⲣ]ⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. LXXIII
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 75, pl. 73
Other editions
Barns 1954, p. 30
Other publications
Macadam 1953, p. 47; Tsakos 2010a, p. 688 (no. 23)
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