throne hall/mosque, mounted in recess in north pilaster of east wall of the square hall on first floor, to the left of mihrab
Excavation no.
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
foundation inscription
Language
Arabic
Content
stela commemorating conversion of Throne Hall to mosque
Date
29 May 1317
Notes
RCEA 10 3841 gives wrong date (31 May 1222) there are two records in TEI for this inscription, both inadequate: no. 4011 contains false description of the inscription and no. 26112 false date
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 40.5; W: 34; Th: 8
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
10
Height of letters
Description
rectangular slab with 10 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation
almost completely preserved, upper left and lower right corners broken off, surface obliterated in places
Lepsius 1849–1859: 5 (text), p. 250; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 100, Arab. 2; Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 220; Crawford 1951, p. 35, with n. 23 (translation); Yusuf Fadl Hasan 1967, p. 125, fig. 2; Welsby 2002, p. 247, fig. 98; Insoll 2003, p. 115, fig. 3.10 (serious mistake in date); Intisar Soghayroun Elzein 2004, p. 86, fig. 58; CSCN, pp. 122, 165, with n. 87; Obłuski et alii 2013, p. 250, fig. 2; Godlewski 2013a, p. 137 (with fig.); Żurawski 2014a, pp. 80–81, fig. 2; Godlewski 2015c, pp. 22–23, fig. 1–13, bottm left (description and English translation)