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Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 9506, 9506 AA
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Papnoute
Date
700–999
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
A: H: 23.5; W: 15; Th: 2-3
B: H: 7.5; W: 6.5; Th: 2-2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
1.5-2
Description
two fragments of plaque; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
two fragments not connecting with each other: bigger one from left lower part, smaller - right lower corner
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃ[ⲟⲧ ⲭⲟⲓⲁ]ⲕ ⲅ̄
Transcription
"in the month of Choiak, (day) 3" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁ]ⲕ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲡ[ⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉ]ⲣⲟⲥ): ll. 2–3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo by W. Godlewski
Image
Image not available
Source
Macadam 1953, fig. 12, 5, 7
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 120, pl. 72
Other editions
Macadam 1953, pp. 45–7 (nos. 5, 7), fig. 12.5, 7, pl. 28b; Barns 1954, p. 28
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 687 (no. 22)
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