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Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Late Christian house LC-1 (house 168)
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA72099
Medium
stamp
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
name
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription on a stamp with three names: Aris, Promos, and Elias
Date
probably 1100–1399
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 6.45; W:4.3; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
pale grey with orange/brown surface
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
0.9
Description
rectangular stamp, probably with a loop handle on the back
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 1100–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA72099
Image
Image not available
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA72099
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. QI 17, fig. on p. 51 (photo available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=383014001&objectId=144875&partId=1; drawing available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=806303001&objectid=144875)
Other editions
Frend 1974, p. 52 (no. 46)
Other publications
Adams 1996, p. 194, fig. 30.9, pl. 58b
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