collected in 1979 by the Italian mission to Gebel Barkal; reportedly brought to light at Ghazali by a large flood passing through Wadi Abu Dom
Excavation no.
Present location
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.
not registered
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
epitaph of ---ilo, priest and archimandrite
Date
700–999
Notes
last line in Old Nubian
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 40; W: 33; Th: 7
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey
Text colour
Lines
12
Height of letters
Description
Lower part of a rectangular slab, with complete bottom margin and large fragments of the side ones. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, crossing in corners, at the top and bottom.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete; upper part lacking
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ ⲕ̄︤ⲉ̄︥
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 25" (l. 2)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦): ll. 1, 12 archimandrite (ⲁⲣ[⸌ⲭ⸍]ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 1 asti of Pidd (?) (ⲡⲓⲇⲇⲓⲛ ⲁⲥⲧⲏⲗ): l. 12 (Donadoni 1986: ⲡⲓⳝⳝⲓⲛ ⲁⲥⲧⲏⲗ; corr. Ochała 2016a)