Text 4403

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
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
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
probably apotropaic inscription invoking Jesus Christ and Mary
Date
800–1399
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 30; W: 19; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish grey
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab with slightly rounded side edges; inscription executed on the back side of the epitaph DBMNT 4402, suggesting the re-use of the stone; epigraphic field marked off by incised line on the top
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
stone and inscription complete
Date
800–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
van der Vliet 2018, fig. 2
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
van der Vliet 2018a, no. 1b (pp. 325–6), fig. 2
Other editions
 
Other publications
CIEN 7, no. 42
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