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Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11271
Medium
sepulchral cross
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 12; W: 12; Th: 5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
3-3.5
Description
Fragment of the right horizontal bar of a sepulchral cross, widening towards the edge.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only right arm preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[---]ⲫ̣ⲓ ⲅ̄
Transcription
"Phaophi/Epeiph 3" (l. 1)
Months
[---]ⲫⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 208
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 208
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 85, no. 55; I. Khartoum Copt. 49, pl. 30, upper
Other publications
 
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