Text 870

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.8
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
800–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 6.5; W: 5.5; Th: 2
Text dimensions
H: 3.5; W: 4.2
Object colour
brownish
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
c. 2.0
Description
fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by incised line (outer margin top: W: 2.5; right: W: 1.0)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper right corner with endings of uppermost lines and portions of upper and right margins; 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. XXIV
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 36, pl. 24
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)
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