Life and Death at a Nubian Monastery. The Collected Funerary Epigraphy from Ghazali

Grzegorz Ochala

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Pages: 340 p. Illustrations:276 b/w, 78 col., 20 tables b/w., 1 tables col. Language(s):English. Brepols, Publication Year:2023 -- SUMMARY The Christian monastery of Ghazali, located in Wadi Abu Dom, in northern Sudan, is one of the most famous archaeological sites within the country. Built by the Makurians in the seventh century AD, it flourished until its abandonment in the thirteenth century, and its picturesque ruins became a popular tourist attraction in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. During the period of the monastery s activity, it was an important religious centre, a place where monks lived, worshipped, died, and left important information about their lives buried in the archaeological record. This volume offers a catalogue and in-depth analysis of over two hundred funerary epigraphy monuments, inscribed in Greek and Coptic, onto stone stelae and terracotta plaques, that have been uncovered at Ghazali and that bear an important witness to life and death at the site. The meticulous epigraphic and philological work presented here is combined with a detailed discussion of the ensemble, including their archaeological context, material aspects, language use, and formulary. The analysis of onomastic practices and the monastic hierarchy supplements the picture and brings to the fore both individual persons and the community responsible for the production of these texts. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements I. A Study of Funerary Epigraphy from Ghazali Introduction Chapter 1. Ghazali: Archaeology and Epigraphy Chapter 2. Archaeological Context Chapter 3. The Materiality of Funerary Inscriptions from Ghazali Chapter 4. Language Use Chapter 5. The Script and Scribal Conventions Chapter 6. Formulary of Epitaphs Chapter 7. The Community and its Members Chapter 8. Dating the Ghazali Funerary Monuments Chapter 9. Conclusion: Life and Death at the Monastery of Ghazali II. Catalogue of Funerary Inscriptions from Ghazali Note on the Edition 1. Epitaphs with the Prayer God of the Spirits (1 16) 2. Epitaphs Invoking God s Providence, Command, and Will (17 67) 3. Epitaphs of the Commemorative Type (68 70) 4. Epitaphs of Other Types (71 74) 5. Fragmentary Epitaphs (75 205) 6. Sepulchral Crosses (206 223) Abbreviations Works Cited Arabic Summary Colour Plates Indices Concordances. Seller Inventory # ca268bis

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