Text 906

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, fill adjoining grave no. 2
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11614
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified ecclesiastic
Date
700–999
Notes
keleusis type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 14.5; W: 18; Th: 2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
greyish; covered with light slip
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
2–2.5
Description
Upper right corner of a rectangular plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a shallow line, leaving the margin of ca. 1.5 cm on top and right.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper right corner with endings of topmost lines
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 57
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 57
Other editions
Shinnie - Chittick 1961, p. 78, no. 25; I. Khartoum Copt. 84, pl. 52, lower
Other publications
 
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