Text 839

Provenance
el-Koro
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 9504 A
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 700–999
Notes
S of Abu Hamed
probably νεύσει καὶ βουλήσει/κελεύσει type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 8.5; W: 8.5; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface red-brown; core black
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
1.1-2.1
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) plaque or stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper left corner with few letters from beginnings of lines and portions of upper and left margins
Date
probably 700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Greek, pl. LXV
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 67, pl. 65
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 687 (no. 22)
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