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Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, church, fragment (a) in debris above walking level, fragment (b) in dismantlement of southern partition wall
Excavation no.
Hdd.15.001
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of unidentified cleric
Date
29 August 771–29 August 771 --
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
(a): H: 16; W: 8; Th: 2.5
(b): H: 13; W: 14; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red
Text colour
 
Lines
12
Height of letters
 
Description
two non-joining fragments of rectangular plaque; epigraphic field framed by double incised groove; ruling in form of shallowly incised lines, well visible only on fragment (b)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only fragments from left and lower margins preserved
Date
29 August 771–29 August 771 --
Chronological systems
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲉⲧⲟⲩ[ⲥ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍] ⲩ̅ⲡ̅ⲏ̄
Transcription
''[---] in the year [from Diocletian] 488'' (ll. 7–8)
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. 2, fig. 3
Other editions
 
Other publications
CIEN 7, no. 43
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