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Provenance: Ghazali
Region: Makuria
Findspot: (a): unknown
(b) and (c): Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, (a) from tomb Ghz-2-009; (b) from between tombs Ghz-2-009 and Ghz-2-010
Excavation no.: (a): not registered
(b): Gh.2015.2.004
(c): Gh.2015.2.018
Present location: (a): Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (b), (c): Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.: not registered

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: (a): H: 16; W: 9.8 (max); Th: not recorded
(b): H: 10.3 (max); W: 12.1; Th: 3.5
(c): H: 16.7; W: 12.5 (max); Th: 3.5–4
Total reconstructed dimensions: H: ca. 45; W: ca. 40
Text dimensions
Object colour: core black/dark brown in centre, red towards edges; surface dark red, painted white
Text colour: dark red (ⲥ)
Lines: 1 horizontal + 1 vertical
Height of letters: ⲫ – 8; ⲍ – 3.5; ⲥ – c. 5

Description: Three non-joining fragments of a sepulchral cross: (a) – upper vertical bar; (b) – left horizontal bar; (c) – lower vertical bar. The bars widening towards the edges. The front surface of the lower right corner of fragment (c) chipped off. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line running along all sides. The cross painted white after firing; the frame and the letter ⲥ painted dark red afterwards.

Porous Nile clay with organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite).
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; upper, left, and lower bars, not connecting with one another

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