Text 865

Provenance
Mushu (Mesho)
Region
Makuria
Findspot
perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
provisional museum no. M.3
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
800–999
Notes
l. 2 in Greek
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 8; W: 13.5; Th: 2 (w/border)
Text dimensions
H: 8; W: 13
Object colour
red
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
1.0-2.0
Description
fragment of round-topped stela; epigraphic field framed by raised decorated border
Decorative elements
incised decorations on raised border: cross surrounded by decorative lettering
State of preservation
small fragment from the upper part of inscription with upper margin; lower part lost
Date
800–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XXII
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 31, pl. 22
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9); Tsakos 2015, p. 247
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