Text 990

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Museum no.
Acc. No. E.65a.1903
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
700–899
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 20.5; W: 34.5; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border; lowermost line written on lower borded; back roughly dressed
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower part with portions of lower and side margins; right lower corner broken off; surface worn
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 155
Image
Image not available
Source
I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 155
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Fitzwilliam 109, figs. on p. 155
Other editions
Burkitt 1903, p. 586 (β); I. Lefebvre 642; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 30; Łajtar 1997a, p. 123 (no. 7)
Other publications
Weissbrodt 1905/6, pp. 17–18 (nos. 11–13); Junker 1925b, passim; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 247; Heichelheim 1942, p. 16 (X, b, 2); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; I. Khartoum Greek 23, comm. to l. 13
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