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Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 9508
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Iohannes, monk (?)
Date
700–899
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 16; W: 19; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish
Text colour
remains of yellow and white
Lines
7
Height of letters
2
Description
fragment of plaque; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
part of right side preserved
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ⲛⲥ]ⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲏ ⲙⲡⲉ[ⲃⲟⲧ] ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Transcription
"on day fifteen of the month of Mesore" (ll. 4–5)
Months
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (?) ([ⲡⲥⲟⲛ]): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo by W. Godlewski
Image
Image not available
Source
Macadam 1953, fig. 12, 6
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 121, pl. 72
Other editions
Macadam 1953, pp. 46–7 (no. 6), fig. 12.6, pl. 28b
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 687 (no. 22)
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