Text 51

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, two fragments in packing in front of main entrance; one fragment in cemetery 2 in unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11268 and 11613
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Balo, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 39.5; W: 27.5; Th: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
brown
Text colour
 
Lines
12
Height of letters
2-3
Description
Three joining pieces from the lower part of a sandstone slab, with a large fragment of the right margin, small fragment of the left one, and traces of the lower right corner. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the outer margins of ca. 1 cm on the left and 1.5 cm on the right. The borderline must have been incised after the execution of the text, because it is interrupted at the height of line 6 in order not to damage its final letter.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; put together from three peices; part of left side and small piece from centre preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ ̣ ̣ ⲙⲡⲉⲃ]ⲟ̣ⲧ ⲡⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
[… ⲙ]ⲡ̣ⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
Transcription
"[on day ... of the] month of Payni" (l. 2) "Payni" (l. 12)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
ⲡ̣ⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) ([ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟ]ⲛ): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 143
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 143
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 77, no. 24 (cf. p. 84, no. 52); I. Khartoum Copt. 46, pl. 28
Other publications
 
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