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Provenance
Komangana
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 178; reused to block entrance to tomb 18, inscribed surface turned inwards and upside down; found together with DBMNT 5
Excavation no.
178/18:2
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
epitaph of Isḥaq
Date
18 September 977–16 October 977
Notes
near Debeira (labelled Qoddi in TEI)
Säve-Söderbergh 1982 – AD 978; Holthoer – Salonen – Ziliacus 1964 – correctly
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 58.5; W: 35
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
seemingly complete
Date
18 September 977–16 October 977
Chronological systems
Era of the Saracens
Islamic calendar
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
"on the day [ ] of (the month of) Ṣafar, year three hundred sixty-seven" (ll. 7–10)
Months
Ṣafar
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Säve-Söderbergh 1982, pl. 107, 3
Image
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Source
Säve-Söderbergh 1982, fig. on p. 54
Image
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Latest edition
Säve-Söderbergh 1981, pp. 54–5, fig. on p. 54, pls. 47, 107.3 (= TEI 26099)
Other editions
Holthoer – Salonen – Ziliacus 1964, pp. 12–13, fig. on p. 13
Other publications
Säve-Söderbergh 1964, p. 39, pl. 7 (left); Säve-Söderbergh 1970, p. 238; Säve-Söderbergh – Englund – Nordström 1981, p. 135; CSCN, pp. 168, 169, table 24 on p. 170
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