Text 56

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11281
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of apa Markos, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
will/wish type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 26; W: 21; Th: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
white
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
1.5–2
Description
Upper right part of a slab with the left margin missing along with 2–4 letters at the beginning of the lines. Lower part broken off. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margin of 2–2.5 cm in width.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
right upper corner preserved; surface heavily worn and damaged in places.
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛ̄ⲥⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ [ϫⲟⲩ]ⲱⲧ ⲙ̣ⲡⲁ[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
Transcription
"on day twenty of (the month of) Pa[...] (Pachon, Payni, Phaophi)" (ll. 5–6)
Months
ⲡⲁ[---
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
apa (ⲁ̣ⲡ̣ⲁ): l. 4
monk ([ⲡⲙⲟ]ⲛ̣ⲁⲭⲟⲥ): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 58
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 58
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 88, no. 63; I. Khartoum Copt. 72, pl. 43, upper
Other publications
 
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