Four north-Nubian funerary stelae from the Bankes collection

Edition of four funerary stelae that are part of the collections of the Kingston Lacy estate in Dorset, England. This former estate of the Bankes family is now an accredited museum, managed by the British National Trust. Three epitaphs are written in Greek, whereas the text on the fourth piece is bilingual, Greek-Coptic. The stelae may have come from different sites.

First published in: A. Łajtar, G. Ochała, and J. van der Vliet (eds.), Nubian Voices II: New texts and studies on Christian Nubia (JJP Supplement 27), Warschau: University of Warsaw/Raphael Taubenschlag Foundation 2015, 27–43.