monastery on kom H, building 4, room W.1, upper layers
Excavation no.
Hdd.18.322
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Michaelinkouda, monk
Date
4 April 758
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 30; W: 19; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
reddish grey
Text colour
traces of paint in letters
Lines
15
Height of letters
Description
rectangular slab with slightly rounded side edges; epigraphic field framed by incised line, double on the top; script largel in upper part, smaller and tighter in the lower one
Decorative elements
State of preservation
almost complete, only lower left corner broken off; minor damage to the surface, but not affecting the reading
Date
4 April 758
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar indiction Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲯⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲓⲛⲇⲓ ⲓ︤ⲁ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲓ ⲩ̄ⲟ̄ⲇ
Transcription
"on the ninth of the month of Parmoute, in the 11th indiction, (in the year from) Diocletian 474" (ll. 11–13)