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- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Polish-Sudanese excavations, room 8, perhaps re-used in reparation of the east wall of the monastery
- Excavation no.
- G.13.039
- Present location
- Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
- Museum no.
- not registered
- Medium
- sepulchral cross
- Technique
- incised
- Type of text
- acclamation
- Language
- Greek
- Content
- 'light – life' acclamation
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- Material
- sandstone
- Object dimensions
- H: 27.5; W: 26; Th: 9.5
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- grey, covered by light grey patina on front and dark grey on sides and back
- Text colour
- Lines
- 1 horizontal + 1 vertical
- Height of letters
- 4 (ⲏ) – 6 (ⲱ)
- Description
- Incomplete sepulchral cross. Whole upper vertical arm and large part of the lower one as well as the lower corner of the right arm broken off. The epigraphic field framed by double incised line.
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- incomplete; upper arm and large part of the lower one broken off
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 213
- Other editions
- Other publications
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