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Provenance
Akasha-West
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Christian enclosed settlement on west bank (site 21-N-11), room 11
Excavation no.
21-N-11/25
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 20876
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
cryptogram of Archangel Michael repeated three times
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 6.6; Diam: 24.9
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
orange
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
orange slipped bowl with inscription incised inside, on body, below decoration; vessel repaired with drilled holes and reused in antiquity
Decorative elements
red and black painted decoration on rim and below it
State of preservation
vessel complete, inscription complete
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Edwards 2019, fig. 8b
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Edwards 2019, p. 65 with n. 20, fig. 8b
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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