Text 877

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
found by Arkell in 1939, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 7871
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
keleusis type
under inv. SNM 7871 three pieces are registered, each from different stela (I. Khartoum Copt. 43, 44, 45 = DBMNT 877, 878, 879)
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 12; W: 11; Th: 2-2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
1 (2 reconstructed)
Height of letters
c. 2
Description
Upper right corner of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving outer margin of 1.5–2 cm.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; endings of topmost lines with part of upper and right margins
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 53
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 53
Other editions
I. Khartoum Copt. 43, pl. 26, upper
Other publications
 
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