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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
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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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