Text 24

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Shinnie and Chittick’s excavations, room AA
Excavation no.
not registered
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 11611
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
(a): H: 22; W: 17; Th: 11
(b): H: 27; W: 16; Th: 12
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
grey
Text colour
 
Lines
16
Height of letters
1.2-2.3
Description
Two pieces of a round-topped (?) slab: (a) – upper right corner, (b) – lower left corner. They do not join, but appear to be very close to one another: line 7 of fragment (b) may be the continuation of the first line preserved in fragment (b) or there may be one more line missing.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; upper right quarter and lower left one preserved with original margins
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙ︤ⲏ︥ ⲑⲱⲑ ⲉ̣[---]
Transcription
"in the month of Thoth, (day) 5" (l. 8)
Months
ⲑⲱⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 76
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Ghazali 76
Other editions
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, pp. 76–7, nos. 20, 21; I. Khartoum Greek 40, pl. 39a–b
Other publications
 
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