Polish-Sudanese excavations, room 8, perhaps re-used for reparation of east wall of monastery
Excavation no.
G.13.057
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registere
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Iohannes, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
keleusis-type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 34; W: 25; Th: 11
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
Lines
11
Height of letters
c. 1.5 (ⲯ: 2)
Description
Incomplete rectangular slab. Approximately a fourth of the stone missing on the right; left margin complete, the upper and lower ones largely preserved. Surface obliterated in places.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete, right margin destroyed, remaining margins preserved; surface obliterated in places