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Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Polish-Sudanese excavations, re-used in pavement of northern church
Excavation no.
G.12.03 = Gh.047.2.2014
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 21; W: 15; Th: 1.5–2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
core black, front red; back red
Text colour
 
Lines
2 (3 reconstructed)
Height of letters
c. 1 (ⲣ: 2)
Description
Lower left-hand part of a rectangular plaque with a large fragment of the left margin and a smaller of the lower one; lower left corner broken off. The epigraphic field framed by incised line, preserved in the left margin.

Porous Nile clay with considerable organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; fragment of lower left-hand part; lower left corner broken off; surface almost completely eroded and defaced, text preserved only in lower left corner
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 111
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 111
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ochała, in: Obłuski et alii 2015, p. 440
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