temple-church, vestibule of western chapel, west wall, to the left of entrance to the chapel; written across painting of Apostle Peter
Excavation no.
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
prayer to Apostle Peter for Petro, priest
Date
900–1499
Notes
Griffith and Zyhlarz wrongly interpreted last line as dating formula subscription of scribe in Greek
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
H: 10; W: 36
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
8
Height of letters
Description
eight lines of painted text
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete; ink obliterated in places
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓⲁ ⲉ̄ⲗⲟ̣
Transcription
“on Epeiph 5” (l. 8)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓⲁ
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦): l. 7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(church of) Peter in Mohondi (= Ikhmindi) (ⲙⲟϩⲱⲛⲇⲛ̄ ⲡⲉⲧ̣ⲣⲟⲥⲓ): l. 6 Mohondi (= Ikhmindi) (ⲙⲟϩⲱⲛⲇⲛ̄): l. 6 (church of) Christ in Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲭ̄ⲥ̄ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 7 (church of) the Cross in Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲡ̣ⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 7 Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 7 (x2)
Griffith 1913, pp. 60–62, no. 4, pl. 3 (bottom); Zyhlarz 1928, pp. 169–170; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 72, 88, 188; 2, pl. 41; 4, pl. 139; Browne 1995c, pp. 17–21
Other publications
Gau 1822, pl. 44d; Letronne 1832, p. 109 (= 1881, pp. 98–99); Griffith 1925, p. 263; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 65; Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 81; I. Faras Copt., p. 170; Jakobielski 1995b, pp. 30–34; Browne 1998c, p. 25; Łajtar – Van der Vliet 1998, p. 44, no. 1; Richter 2002, p. 156; Łajtar 2015d, p. 291; Van Gerven Oei 2015b, pp. 22, 39; Beinlich 2018, p. 2006; Łajtar 2021, p. 170
cathedral (church 293), haikal, in dust above pavement
Excavation no.
no number (found in 1963/4)
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA82963
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified literary text mentioning an archbishop and a king
Date
probably 1000–1199
Notes
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 12.8; W: 10.3
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
i: 16; ii: 20
Height of letters
Description
fragment of parchment sheet; pagination on upper margin in centre (pp. 3–4)
Decorative elements
on side ii drawing of enthroned archbishop holding book
State of preservation
fragmentary; large portion of one side margin preserved and fragment of the other one; topmost lines preserved but no original upper margin; lower part lost
Frend 1969, p. 532, pl. 13b; Frend 1972, p. 228; Frend 1989, p. 89; Ruffini 2012a, pp. 221–223, fig. 8.1; Ruffini 2014a, p. 965 n. 33; Łajar 2020b, Appendix no. QI84
I. Banganarti 2 670, fig. on pp. 422–423 (line 1), figs. 56, 125
Other editions
Browne 2004a, pp. 23–26, fig. on p. 24
Other publications
Żurawski et alii 2003, fig. 40; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 192–193; Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, pp. 100–102, figs. 1–4; Żurawski 2016d, pp. 52–53, fig. 25; Żurawski 2019, p. 101