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Text 1861

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, west end of north aisle, north wall; below painting no. 106 (queen mother?); below DBMNT 1860
Excavation no.
B 32d.3 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.1088, Fa.62/3.1366, Fa.62/3.1366a, Fa.63/4.1256, Fa.63/4.1258)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24315
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Old Nubian
Content
invocation of Mary
Date
1000–1299
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 5; W: 14.5
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
three lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.1366a
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Altheim – Stiehl 1971, p. 505
Other editions
 
Other publications
I. Faras Copt., p. 181
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Text 1862

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, west part of north aisle, west pilaster, north face
Excavation no.
B 30b.3 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.0585)
Present location
not preserved (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
invocation
Language
Old Nubian
Content
invocation of Mary
Date
1000–1299
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 2; W: 7.5
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
two lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0585
Image
Image not available
Source
 
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in I. Faras Copt., p. 181
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1863

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, west part of north aisle, north wall; below painting no. 44 (standing Virgin)
Excavation no.
B 36b.3 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0524, Fa.62/3.0574)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234022
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Greek
Content
invocation of Virgin Mary left by Chael, priest
Date
1000–1299
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 7; W: 42
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
three lines of inscription painted below representation of Mary
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496335
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Source
Jakobielski 1974, fig. on p. 308
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Latest edition
Jakobielski 1974, p. 305 (no. 47) + fig.
Other editions
 
Other publications
Michałowski 1974a, p. 232 (no. 53), pl. on p. 233
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Text 1864

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, west part of north aisle, north wall; to the right of painting no. 43 (enthroned nursing Virgin), above and to the right of DBMNT 1853
Excavation no.
B 36a.3
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234021
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription left by Tenynyiri, priest
Date
1000–1299
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 7; W: 89 (preserved 16)
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted yo the right of the legs of Mary's throne
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
originally much longer, now only beginnings of lines preserved
Date
1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦ⲉ): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496334
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Image not available
Source
Jakobielski 1974, fig. on p. 307
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski 1974, p. 305 (no. 46) + fig.
Other editions
 
Other publications
Michałowski 1974a, pp. 228–9 (no. 52), pl. on p. 231; Catalogue Vienna 2002, pp. 87–9 (no. 21), fig. on p. 89; Catalogue Warsaw 2014, pp. 162–3, with fig. on p. 164
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Text 1865

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, west part of north aisle, north wall
Excavation no.
B 36c.3
Present location
not preserved (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified inscriptions starting with invocation of Mary
Date
1000–1299
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 2.5; W: 29
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
two lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete
Date
1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in I. Faras Copt., p. 181
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1866

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, reused in construction of south wall
Excavation no.
FA 82/63–4
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription commemorating Paulos, artisan
Date
before 707
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 20; W: 24; Th: 18
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
before 707
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
carpenter (ⲧⲉⲕⲧⲱ): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., p. 182
Other editions
 
Other publications
I. QI, p. 23
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Text 1867

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, reused in construction of south wall
Excavation no.
FA 151/63–4 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0279, Fa.62/3.0280)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription commemorating Kiseos
Date
before 707
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 19; W: 29; Th: 17
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular stone block
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
before 707
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0279 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 65)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 72, fig. 65
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., p. 183, fig. 65
Other publications
 
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Text 1868

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, reused in construction of south wall
Excavation no.
FA 80/63–4 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.1045, Fa.63/4.0363, Fa.63/4.0364, Fa.63/4.1017)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription commemorating Hami
Date
before 707
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 19; W: 54; Th: 18
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular stone block with three lines of deeply incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
before 707
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.1045 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 64)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 71, fig. 64
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., pp. 183–4, fig. 66 (left)
Other publications
 
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Text 1869

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, reused in construction of south wall
Excavation no.
FA 77/63–4 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1046)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription commemorating Ika
Date
before 707
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 19; W: 40; Th: 19
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular stone block with three lines of deeply incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
before 707
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.1046 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 63)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 70, fig. 63
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., pp. 184–5, fig. 66 (right)
Other publications
 
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Text 1870

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, reused in construction of south wall
Excavation no.
FA 152/63–4
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Coptic
Content
inscription commemorating Pisrael
Date
before 707
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 16; W: 34; Th: 18
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
red
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular stone block
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
before 707
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., p. 185
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1871

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, reused in construction of south outer wall
Excavation no.
FA 128/63–4 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1225)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234643
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Coptic
Content
inscription commemorating Souata
Date
before 707
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 17.5; W: 37; Th: 18
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
red
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular stone block with four lines of deeply incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
object complete; inscription complete
Date
before 707
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/618609
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Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., p. 185, fig. 67
Other editions
 
Other publications
Catalogue Vienna 2002, p. 99 (no. 30), fig. on p. 100; Mierzejewska 2004, p. 116
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Text 1872

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south pastophorium, south wall; between painting no. 58 (bishop) and niche
Excavation no.
J 228q.2/3
Present location
not preserved (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
catalogue
Language
unidentified
Content
list of names
Date
900–1299
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 46; W: 43
Object colour
 
Text colour
black; yellow (grid lines)
Lines
36
Height of letters
 
Description
painted inscription in five columns (1st - name, 2nd - word for 'years', 3rd - numeral; 4th and 5th - illegible)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
very much obliterated and hardly legible
Date
900–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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eparch (ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲩ): l. 36
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
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Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 195–8, fig. 70
Other editions
 
Other publications
Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 110–11
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