Text 938

Provenance
Umm Ruweim
Region
Makuria
Findspot
site F
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11313 f + g
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–1099
Notes
Wadi Abu Dom
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
(f) H: 9; W: 4.5; Th: 2;
(g) H: 3.5; W: 5; Th:2
Text dimensions
(f): H: 7; W: 4.5; (g): H: 3.5; W: 5)
Object colour
brown
Text colour
white
Lines
(f) 3; (g) 2
Height of letters
c. 1.5-2.0
Description
two non-joining fragments of probably one slab; flat, plain margin (fr. f), W: c. 1.0
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; (f): beginnings of lines (1-2 letters) with left margins; (g): few letters, no margins; no coherent text can be reconstructed
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. LXX
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 117, pl. 70
Other editions
 
Other publications
Chittick 1955, p. 88; Tsakos 2010a, p. 685 (no. 15)
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