Text 571

Provenance
Tafa
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.
12705
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
epitaph of 'Ā'isha
Date
19 December 967
Notes
19 December fell on Thursday
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 77; W: 24
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
sandstone stela
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
19 December 967
Chronological systems
day of the week
Era of the Saracens
Islamic calendar
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
"on Wednesday, when thirteen (days) passed of (the month of) Muḥarram, year three hundred fifty-seven" (ll. 11–14)
Months
Muḥarram
Weakdays
Wednesday
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Wiet 1937, p. 142 (no. 1897) (= TEI 5542)
Other editions
RCEA 5 1636
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 118, n. 3; CSCN, table 25 on p. 171
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