Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, tomb Ghz-2-135, found inside burial pit, right beneath its original position in mastaba
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.181
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Marianos, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 49.5; W: 32.5; Th: 6–7
Text dimensions
Object colour
light brown
Text colour
black
Lines
14
Height of letters
1.6–3
Description
Complete rectangular slab. Decorative cross patée incised at the beginning of line 1. The initial cross painted black, as well as the beginning of lines 1 and 12 and whole lines 13 and 14.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲁⲥⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Transcription
"on the twenty-sixth of the month of Pachon" (ll. 2–4)
Months
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ): l. 7 monk (ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): l. 4