Text 4210

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Polish-Sudanese excavations, room 235
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.078
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Zacharias, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 15; W: 12.5; Th: 6.5–7
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish grey
Text colour
 
Lines
7 (8 reconstructed)
Height of letters
0.8–1.4
Description
Two joining pieces forming the lower left part of a slab, with fragments of left and lower margins preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margins of 0.6–0.7 cm on the left and ca. 0.8 cm on the bottom.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; put together from two pieces; lower left corner with parts of left and lower margins preserved; surface eroded, especially in central part
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
indiction
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛⲙⲛ- or ⲛϫⲟⲩ]ⲧⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡ[ⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲙⲉ]ⲥⲟⲣⲏ ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ̣
Transcription
"on the eleventh of the month of Mesore, in the X indiction" (ll. 3–5)
Months
[ⲙⲉ]ⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) ([ⲥⲟ]ⲛ̣): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 128
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 128
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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