Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-126, mounted in west part of mastaba
Excavation no.
T.126
Present location
Ghazali, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 15.5; W: 27 (top), 23.5 (bottom); 5–6
Text dimensions
Object colour
greyish white
Text colour
black
Lines
7
Height of letters
1.2–2.5
Description
Lower half of a slab, narrower at the bottom and wider towards the top, with complete lower margin and the lower half of both side margins preserved. The stone cracked vertically in half and the right part horizontally, also in half, but all pieces still in place. Triangular lacuna in the central part. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margins of 1.8 cm on the right, 2.5 cm on the left, and 1.5–2 cm on the bottom. The margins left uninscribed apart from the ending of lines 3 and 4, with the last letters incised partly on the margin. The frame and the letters painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary, upper part lacking; stone powdery; inscription heavily obliterated