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Text 4282
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Trismegistos
TM
text 834126
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Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Polish-Sudanese excavations, outside monastery, west of south gate
Excavation no.
Gh.2016.1.192
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 7.1; W: 3.4; Th: 2.8–3
Text dimensions
Object colour
core black, front red to grey, back red
Text colour
white
Lines
3
Height of letters
1.8–2
Description
Central part of a plaque, without margins. The letters were painted white after firing.
Porous Nile clay with organic and mineral admixture (mica).
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; no margin preserved
Date
700–999
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Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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I. Ghazali 197
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I. Ghazali 197
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