Text 4449

Provenance
Tafa
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.
12927
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
epitaph of Muḥammad
Date
16 August 945
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 55; W: 43
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular sandstone stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border on all sides
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
16 August 945
Chronological systems
Era of the Saracens
day of the week
Islamic calendar
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
on Sunday, on Muḥarram 4, in the year three hundred thirty-four (ll. 7–9)
Months
Muḥarram
Weakdays
Thursday
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Wiet 1937, pl. 22
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Wiet 1937, p. 66 (no. 1742), pl. 22 (= TEI 18653)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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