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Text 49

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown, perhaps cathedral
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ali Dinar Museum, el-Fashir
Museum no.
SNM 15 (old)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Iesou, bishop of Sai
Date
15 May 1054
Notes
weekday correct
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 34; W: 27
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
24
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by incised line on upper, left and right sides
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete; last line partly worn away
Date
15 May 1054
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛⲓ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̇ⲧⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ ⲛ̇ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̇ϫⲡⲥⲟ
ⲁⲡ [ⲇ]ⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉⲧⲏ ⲯ̄︤ⲟ︦
Transcription
"on day twenty of the month of Pachon, the day of Sunday, at the sixth hour" (ll. 12–14)
"years from Diocletian 770" (ll. 22–23)
Months
ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛⲓ
Weakdays
ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̇ⲧⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): l. 10
bishop of Sai (ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲍⲁⲏ): ll. 10–11
monk of (monastery of) Ittide (ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲓⲧⲧⲇⲏ): l. 11
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Sai (ⲍⲁⲏ): l. 11
(monastery of) Ittide (ⲉⲓⲧⲧⲇⲏ): l. 11
Source
I. Khartoum Copt., pl. XX
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 27, pl. 20
Other editions
Steindorff 1907–1908, pp. 71–74; Kraus 1930, pp. 125–127; SB Kopt. 1 429
Other publications
Budge 1907, pp. 464–466, fig. on p. 465; DACL 2/3, col. 2882; Kaufmann 1917, pp. 252–253, fig. 175; Junker 1925b, passim; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, p. 238; MacCoull – Worp 1990, p. 399; Łajtar 2001b, p. 64; Hinkel – Abdelrahman Ali Mohamed 2002, pp. 2–3; Łajtar 2006a, p. 93; CSBE(2), p. 81, n. 89, p. 316; Tsakos 2009b, p. 201; CSCN, table 47 on p. 337; Tsakos 2011–2012, p. 299 (no. 2); Richter 2013, p. 151; Łajtar 2014b, n. 24 on p. 226
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Text 50

Provenance
Mushu (Mesho)
Region
Makuria
Findspot
perhaps near well, E of modern Muslim tombs
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum; upper half in Kerma Museum
Museum no.
SNM 11463
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Petros, monk
Date
800–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 42.5; W: 34; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
pinkish
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
1.5-3.5
Description
fragment of terracotta plaque; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentarily preserved, put together from 5 pieces; lower right corner lacking
Date
800–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ⲛⲥⲟ]ⲩ ⲓ̣ⲑ̣ [ⲙ]ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ [ⲑⲟⲟ]ⲩ̣ⲧ̣
Transcription
"[on day] 19 (?) of the month of Thoth (?)" (ll. 6–7)
Months
[ⲑⲟⲟ]ⲩ̣ⲧ̣
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲡⲥⲟⲛ): l. 4
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo by W. Godlewski
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 28, pl. 20
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2009b, pp. 201–2 (no. 5); Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 9)
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Text 51

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, two fragments in packing in front of main entrance; one fragment in cemetery 2 in unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11268 and 11613
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Balo, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 39.5; W: 27.5; Th: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
brown
Text colour
 
Lines
12
Height of letters
2-3
Description
Three joining pieces from the lower part of a sandstone slab, with a large fragment of the right margin, small fragment of the left one, and traces of the lower right corner. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the outer margins of ca. 1 cm on the left and 1.5 cm on the right. The borderline must have been incised after the execution of the text, because it is interrupted at the height of line 6 in order not to damage its final letter.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; put together from three peices; part of left side and small piece from centre preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ ̣ ̣ ⲙⲡⲉⲃ]ⲟ̣ⲧ ⲡⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
[… ⲙ]ⲡ̣ⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
Transcription
"[on day ... of the] month of Payni" (l. 2) "Payni" (l. 12)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
ⲡ̣ⲁⲩ̈ⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) ([ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟ]ⲛ): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 143
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 143
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 77, no. 24 (cf. p. 84, no. 52); I. Khartoum Copt. 46, pl. 28
Other publications
 
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Text 52

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11271
Medium
sepulchral cross
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 12; W: 12; Th: 5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
3-3.5
Description
Fragment of the right horizontal bar of a sepulchral cross, widening towards the edge.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only right arm preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[---]ⲫ̣ⲓ ⲅ̄
Transcription
"Phaophi/Epeiph 3" (l. 1)
Months
[---]ⲫⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 208
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 208
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 85, no. 55; I. Khartoum Copt. 49, pl. 30, upper
Other publications
 
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Text 53

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11273d
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 11; W: 10; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
c. 2–3
Description
Fragment of the right margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of ca. 1 cm in width.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; part right margin preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[--- ⲥⲟⲩ]ⲙ̣ⲛⲧ[--- ⲙⲡⲉ]ⲃⲟⲧ ⲉ[---]
Transcription
"on the [---]teenth of the month of Epeiph" (ll. 2–4)
Months
ⲉ[---
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 92
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 92
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 80, no. 35; I. Khartoum Copt. 53, pl. 32, upper
Other publications
 
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Text 54

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, east of the monastery
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11273 f
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified monk (?)
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 8; W: 10.5; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface brown
Text colour
 
Lines
3 (4 reconstructed)
Height of letters
2
Description
Fragment of the left margin of a plaque. The epigraphic field framed by a an incised line, leaving the margin of ca. 1 cm in width on the right. The text ruled with incised lines, forming registers of ca. 2.5 cm in height.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; part of left margin
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲫⲁⲙⲉ̣[ⲛⲱⲑ ---]
Transcription
"Phamenoth" (l. 2)
Months
ⲫⲁⲙⲉ̣[ⲛⲱⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (?) ([ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ]): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 88
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 88
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 81, no. 37; I. Khartoum Copt. 55, pl. 33, upper
Other publications
 
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Text 55

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, in situ in grave no. 3
Excavation no.
no. 3
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11275
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of Tirsakouni, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 32; W: 31; Th: 2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
6 (7 reconstructed)
Height of letters
3-4
Description
Lower half of a plaque, with only a small piece of the lower left corner broken off. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margin of ca. 1.5 cm in width.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; upper part completely destroyed and the uppermost surviving line heavily eroded
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲫⲁⲙⲉ⸌ⲛ⸍ⲑ ⲕ̄︤ⲑ︥
Transcription
"Phamenoth 29" (l. 4)
Months
ⲫⲁⲙⲉ⸌ⲛ⸍ⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
monk (ⲡⲙⲟ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 77
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 77
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 86, no. 58, pl. 27a; I. Khartoum Copt. 67, pl. 40
Other publications
 
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Text 56

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11281
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of apa Markos, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
will/wish type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 26; W: 21; Th: 10
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
white
Text colour
 
Lines
9
Height of letters
1.5–2
Description
Upper right part of a slab with the left margin missing along with 2–4 letters at the beginning of the lines. Lower part broken off. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving margin of 2–2.5 cm in width.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
right upper corner preserved; surface heavily worn and damaged in places.
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛ̄ⲥⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ [ϫⲟⲩ]ⲱⲧ ⲙ̣ⲡⲁ[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
Transcription
"on day twenty of (the month of) Pa[...] (Pachon, Payni, Phaophi)" (ll. 5–6)
Months
ⲡⲁ[---
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
apa (ⲁ̣ⲡ̣ⲁ): l. 4
monk ([ⲡⲙⲟ]ⲛ̣ⲁⲭⲟⲥ): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 58
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 58
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 88, no. 63; I. Khartoum Copt. 72, pl. 43, upper
Other publications
 
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Text 57

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations:
(a): cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
(b): bottom of stair in south-western corner of northern church
Excavation no.
I 1
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11591
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of monk
Date
700–999
Notes
keleusis type
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 20; W: 20; Th: 2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
pinkish
Text colour
 
Lines
9 (10 reconstructed)
Height of letters
1–1.5 (2.5–3 in l. 1)
Description
Upper right part of a plaque, put together of two pieces: (a) – central part of the upper margin near the left corner, (b) – upper right quarter. The epigraphic field framed by a double incised line, discontinued in the upper part of the right margin, leaving the outer margins of ca. 1 cm on the right and 2 cm on the top.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; right upper corner preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲩ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲧⲱ[ⲃⲉ]
Transcription
"on the [...] of the month of Tybi" (ll. 5–7)
Months
ⲧⲱ[ⲃⲉ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
father (= abbot?) ([ⲡ]ⲉⲓⲱⲧ): l. 4
senior monk (ⲡϩ︦ⲗ︦): l. 4
monk ([ⲡ]ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 49
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 49
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 70, no. 1; I. Khartoum Copt. 74, pl. 45, lower
Other publications
 
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Text 58

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, outside southern door of northern church
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11593
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: 10.5; W: 12; Th: 2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface pink
Text colour
traces of light paint
Lines
4
Height of letters
2-2.5
Description
Lower left corner of a plaque. Traces of light paint still visible.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower left corner preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲫⲁⲣⲙ̣[ⲟⲩⲑⲓ …]
Transcription
"Pharmouthi" (l. 2)
Months
ⲫⲁⲣⲙ̣[---
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 151
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 151
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 70, no. 3; I. Khartoum Copt. 76, pl. 47
Other publications
 
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Text 59

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, passage outside western wall of northern church
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11594
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Petros
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 36; W: 23; Th: 6-14
Text dimensions
H: 32; W: 21
Object colour
grey-brown
Text colour
 
Lines
14
Height of letters
c. 1.5
Description
Nearly complete rectangular slab, with only lower right corner broken off, but causing no damage to the text.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
text complete; right lower corner missing
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙ̣ϩⲱⲧ︤ⲡ︥
Transcription
"on day twenty-two of the month of Phamenoth" (ll. 11–14)
Months
ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙ̣ϩⲱⲧ︤ⲡ︥
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 16
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 16
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 71, no. 4, pl. 26a; Kosack 1974, p. 326, no. 101; I. Khartoum Copt. 77, pl. 48
Other publications
Žabkar 1967, p. 18, n. 36 (on ll. 1–9, with transcription and translation into Greek); Roquet 1977, p. 166 (quoting ll. 1–2)
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Text 60

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, cemetery 2, unknown circumstances
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11612
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 20; W: 22; Th: 3.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
surface red
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
c. 2–2.5
Description
Right central part of a plaque with a fragment of the right margin preserved. The epigraphic field framed by an incised line, leaving the margin of ca. 0.5 cm in width.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragemntary; part of right margin preserved; put together from two pieces
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧ]ϣ̣ⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉ[ⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲩ]ⲛⲓ
Transcription
"on day thirteen of the month of Payni" (ll. 3–4)
Months
ⲡⲁⲩ]ⲛⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ): l. 1
monk (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 86
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 86
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, p. 77, no. 23; I. Khartoum Copt. 83, pl. 52, upper
Other publications
 
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