Text 562

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-east unit (service area), fill
Excavation no.
D.27/91-2
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 31494
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Ioannes, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 26.3; W: 21; Th: 4
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
0.7-1.9
Description
rectangular terracotta plaque; epigraphic field framed by high raise border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ ⲓ︤ⲅ̄︥ ⲏ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲍ̄
Transcription
"in the month of Athyr, (day) 13, on day 7 (= Saturday)" (ll. 6–7)
Months
ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
ⲏ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲍ̄
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
monk (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): ll. 5–6
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2001a, fig. 1
Image
Image not available
Source
Łajtar 2001a, fig. 2
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 2001a, pp. 327–34, figs. 1–2
Other editions
Łajtar 1997a, p. 123, no. 8
Other publications
Żurawski 1994, n. 35 on p. 337, fig. 20; Łajtar 1995, pp. 48–50; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 42; Catalogue Warsaw 2006, pp. 56–7, no. 16; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684, no. 10
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