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Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, room to the north of northern church
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11273p
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 7; W: 7; Th: 3
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface pinkish
Text colour
yellow l. 1; different color l. 2
Lines
2
Height of letters
c. 2
Description
Fragment of the right margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of 1.5 cm in width. Remains of yellow paint in letters in line 1 and a different paint in line 2.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; part of right margin
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 97
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 97
Other editions
Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 83, no. 47; I. Khartoum Copt. 63, pl. 38, upper
Other publications
 
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