Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, ound in structure labelled Ghz-2-141, which looked like a mastaba, but with no burial beneath it
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.184
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 9.2; W: 23; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
greyish white
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
1.8–2.3
Description
Two joining pieces of the lower part of a slab, with almost complete lower margin and the lowermost fragment of the left one preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margins of 3 cm on the left and 1.7–2 cm on the bottom. The borderline and the letters painted black.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; put together from two fragments; lower part with fragment of right margin and almost complete lower margin and fragments of two lowermost lines