Text 53

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 11273d
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 11; W: 10; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
c. 2–3
Description
Fragment of the right margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of ca. 1 cm in width.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; part right margin preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[--- ⲥⲟⲩ]ⲙ̣ⲛⲧ[--- ⲙⲡⲉ]ⲃⲟⲧ ⲉ[---]
Transcription
"on the [---]teenth of the month of Epeiph" (ll. 2–4)
Months
ⲉ[---
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 92
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 92
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 80, no. 35; I. Khartoum Copt. 53, pl. 32, upper
Other publications
 
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