DBMNT

Provenance: Ghazali
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, in the fill of a secondary burial pit, with a burial of a child, dug into the mastaba of the earlier tomb Ghz-2-013
Excavation no.: (a) Gh.2015.2.008
(b) Gh.2015.2.015
Present location: Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.: not registered

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: (a) H: 9.65; W: 12.65; Th: 2.7
(b) H: 10.8; W: 11.4; Th: 2.95
Text dimensions
Object colour: core red (grey in upper part), surface red
Text colour: black
Lines: 3 + 3
Height of letters: 1.5–2.3

Description: Two non-joining fragments of a rectangular plaque: (a): upper central part with fragment of upper margin; (b): lower right corner. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margins of 1.5–2 cm on the top and the bottom and 1.8–2 on the right. The surface painted with a light colour (white, yellow, or orange) after firing. Afterwards the frame and letters painted black. Ruling in the form of black-painted lines; the last two lines not separated by the ruling.
Decorative elements: The surface painted with a light colour (white, yellow, or orange) after firing. Afterwards the frame and letters painted black.
State of preservation: fragmentary, middle fragment of upper margin and lower right corner preserved

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