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Text 837
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Trismegistos
TM
text 141903
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Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
site 31 (castle)
Excavation no.
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 9504 N
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of Itou
Date
probably 700–999
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
'God of the spirits' type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 17; W: 11; Th: 4
Text dimensions
Object colour
surface light brown; core black
Text colour
Lines
9
Height of letters
c. 1.6
Description
fragment of plaque; left margin rather flat (surface floats, but no regular raised border); ruling (H of register: 1.7)
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragment of left-hand part with beginnings of lines and portion of left margin; surface badly worn; upper and lower parts lost
Date
probably 700–999
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. LXIII
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 65, pl. 63
Other editions
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 687 (no. 22)
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