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Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-east unit (service area)
Excavation no.
D.13/91–2
Present location
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Georgios, deacon
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 15.5; W: 19.5; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
1.3–2.7
Description
lower right-hand corner of a terracotta slab; epigraphic field framed by a raised border; ruling; traces of plaster visible
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentarily preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ [ ̣ ̣] ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Transcription
"on day [ ] of the month (of) Athyr" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon (ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲱⲛ): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2011, fig. 21
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Van der Vliet, in Łajtar 2011, pp. 92–4, no. B, fig. 21 (mistake in caption number)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Żurawski 1994, n. 35 on p. 337, fig. 19.1; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684, no. 10
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