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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 11280
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk (?)
Date
circa 800–899
Notes
pronoia-type
the same hand as I. Khartoum Copt. 73 (DBMNT 902)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 21; W: 10.5; Th: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
yellowish-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
c. 1.5
Description
Fragment of the upper right part of a slab, possibly the right upper corner, but the original margins not preserved. The surface is heavily worn and barely legible.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary (upper right part); endings of lines (few letters) with portion of upper and right margins; lower part lost
Date
circa 800–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) ([ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ]): l. 7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 23
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 23
Other editions
Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 88, no. 62; I. Khartoum Copt. 71, pl. 43, lower
Other publications
 
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