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- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Region
- Nobadia
- Findspot
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A: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51 (robbing of G 8500)
B: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51, in broken mud
C: Church on the Point (structure 9651), trench 51, among large stones in loose sandy marl
D: surface find on the mainland, beside track heading SW from Church on the Point (structure 9651), ca. 10.5 m from it - Excavation no.
- A: 89.12.25/10
B: 90.1.3/6
C: 90.1.10/3
D: 99.998/A17 - Present location
- unknown
- Museum no.
- Medium
- stela
- Technique
- incised before firing
- Type of text
- epitaph
- Language
- Coptic
- Content
- fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
- Date
- 900–1099
- Notes
- pronoia-type
- Material
- terracotta
- Object dimensions
- A: H: 12.7; W: 10.6; Th: 3;
B: H: 13.4; W: 8.9; Th: 4;
C: H: 8.1; W: 5.1; Th: 2.7;
D: H: 9; W: 15.7; Th: 3.9 - Text dimensions
- Object colour
- red (grey core)
- Text colour
- Lines
- 14
- Height of letters
- Description
- four fragments of round-topped plaque: three joining (A, B, C) forming lower right corner + one loose (D) from upper right part with some of rounded top; epigraphical field framed by raised border with flat outer margins
- Decorative elements
- imitation of acroteria below arch-like top?
- State of preservation
- two separate fragments: upper = fr. D, bottom = fr. A+B+C; part of right margin and almost complet lower margin preserved
- Date
- 900–1099
- Chronological systems
- Dating formulae
- Transcription
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Latest edition
- I. QI 51, fig. on p. 185
- Other editions
- Other publications
- Anonymous 1990, p. VIII (archaeological context)
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