Life and death at a Nubian monastery : the collected funerary epigraphy from Ghazali (I. Ghazali) /

Life and death at a Nubian monastery : the collected funerary epigraphy from Ghazali (I. Ghazali) /

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Author / Creator:	Ochała, Grzegorz, author.
Imprint:	Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2022] ©2022
Description:	339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language:	English Ancient Greek Coptic Nubian Aramaic
Series:	Nubia : studies in the archaeology and history of Northeast Africa ; volume 2 Nubia (Series : Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 2.
Subject:	Ghazali (Monastery : Sudan) -- History. Ghazali (Monastery : Sudan) Inscriptions -- Sudan -- Shamālīyah (State) Sepulchral monuments -- Sudan -- Shamālīyah (State) Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Sudan -- Shamālīyah (State) Christian antiquities -- Sudan -- Shamālīyah (State) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Sudan -- Shamālīyah (State) Antiquities Christian antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Funeral rites and ceremonies Inscriptions Sepulchral monuments Shamālīyah (Sudan : State) -- Antiquities. Nubia -- Antiquities. Africa -- Nubia Sudan -- Shamālīyah (State) History
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13143451

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Varying Form of Title:	Collected funerary epigraphy from Ghazali
ISBN:	9782503600642 2503600646 9782503600659
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and indexes. Chiefly in English, with words and passages in Greek, Sahidic Coptic, Old Nubian, and Aramaic; includes a summary in Arabic.
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"--
Standard no.:	9782503600642

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