Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, in situ in grave no. 3
Excavation no.
no. 3
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11275
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Tirsakouni, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 32; W: 31; Th: 2
Text dimensions
Object colour
grey-brown
Text colour
Lines
6 (7 reconstructed)
Height of letters
3-4
Description
Lower half of a plaque, with only a small piece of the lower left corner broken off. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margin of ca. 1.5 cm in width.
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete; upper part completely destroyed and the uppermost surviving line heavily eroded