Text 4289
- Provenance
- Ghazali
- Region
- Makuria
- Findspot
- Polish-Sudanese excavations, cemetery 2, between tombs Ghz-2-041 and Ghz-2-042
- Excavation no.
- Gh.2015.2.016
- Present location
- Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
- Museum no.
- not registered
- Medium
- sepulchral cross
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- acclamation
- Language
- Greek
- Content
- 'light – life' acclamation
- Date
- 700–999
- Notes
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- H: 17.5; W: 12; Th: 2.5
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- core grey, surface red
- Text colour
- Lines
- 2
- Height of letters
- c. 4
- Description
- Two joining fragments of the central part of a sepulchral cross: lower part of upper vertical arm and right-hand side of the left horizontal bar. Whitewashed after firing and then painted red; red paint preserved mainly on the back and sides, with only some traces on the front.
Porous Nile clay with organic and mineral admixture (mica, quartzite). - Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; middle fragment with parts of upper and left arms
- Date
- 700–999
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. Ghazali 217
- Other editions
- Other publications
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