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Text 571
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text 141620
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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
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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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