Text 4148

Provenance
Teiti
Region
Makuria
Findspot
church
Excavation no.
unknown
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
cross
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Coptic
Content
perhaps prayer for one Simon (?), monk (?)
Date
700–1199
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 17; W: 9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of upper (?) vertical arm of a ceramic cross (?) witi inscription incised on front surface; epigraphic field framed by incised double line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
object fragmentary, fragment of upper arm of a cross with side margins; inscription incomplete (?)
Date
700–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
monk? (ⲡⲙⲟ[---]): l. 6
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Smith 1998–2002, fig. 3b
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Smith 1998–2002, p. 162, fig. 3b
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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