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Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Polish-Sudanese excavations, surface find
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
700–999
Notes
'God of the spirits'
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: +25; W: ca. 27.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
1.2–1.8
Description
Upper part of a round-topped slab with almost complete upper margin, large part of the right one, and a small fragment of the left one. The whole bottom part is missing and both upper corners were chipped off. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margins of ca. 3 cm on the sides and 4.5 cm on the top. In the centre of the upper margin, probably the acclamation ‘Alpha – Omega’ is incised. The text is ruled with incised lines, forming the registers ca. 1.5–2.5 cm in height. The surface is defaced in lower left-hand and central parts; where preserved, it is worn off, which seriously hinders the reading.
Decorative elements
perhaps a decorative motive incised in upper margin
State of preservation
incomplete; bottom part missing; both upper corners chipped off; surface decafed in lower left-hand and central parts; where preserved, surface worn off, hindering the reading
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 6
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 6
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