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4436
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Text 4436
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Provenance
Tafa
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.
12700
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
epitaph of Maryam client of Umm Yaḥyā
Date
15 October 874
Notes
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 57; W: 31
Text dimensions
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
Lines
8
Height of letters
Description
sandstone stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
15 October 874
Chronological systems
Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens
day of the week
Dating formulae
Transcription
on Thursday, on the last day of Dhū al-Ḥijja, in the year two hundred sixty (ll. 6–8)
Months
Dhū al-Ḥijja
Weakdays
Thursday
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Offices & titles
mawlā (مولات): l. 4
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Latest edition
Hassan Hawary – Hussein Rached 1939, p. 103 (no. 1015) (= TEI 17997)
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