Text 1885

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TrismegistosTM text 370415

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, west part of south aisle, west wall, east of entrance to narthex
Excavation no.: C 296b.3
Present location: not preserved (?)
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised or painted (graffito or dipinto)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Coptic (?)
Content: unidentified inscription
Date: 1000–1299
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: three lines of inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete (?)

Date: 1000–1299
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1983, pp. 135–6 (no. E.1)
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Text 1886

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TrismegistosTM text 370416

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, south pastophorium, niche in east wall
Excavation no.: J 226i.3
Present location: not preserved (?)
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised or painted (graffito or dipinto)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Coptic (?)
Content: unidentified inscription
Date: 1000–1299
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: three lines of inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete (?)

Date: 1000–1299
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1983, pp. 135–6
Other editions

Other publications

Text 1887

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TrismegistosTM text 370417

Provenance: Soba
Region: Alwa
Findspot: building D, room m24, west wall, re-used; inscription placed above DBMNT 1888
Excavation no.
Present location: Soba, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: stone block
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Dauid, great deacon
Date: 600–999
Notes

Material: stone
Object dimensions: H: 17; W: 50
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription of 1 line incised on stone block
Decorative elements
State of preservation: almost complete

Date: 600–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
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Months
Weakdays
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Offices & titles: great deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ[⸌ⲕ⸍] ⲙⲉⲅⲁ[---]): l. 1

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 1991, pl. 48
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Latest edition: Jakobielski 1991, p. 276 (no. 2), pls. 33, 48 (upper)
Other editions

Other publications: Welsby – Daniels 1991, p. 97, fig. 47

Text 1888

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TrismegistosTM text 370418

Provenance: Soba
Region: Alwa
Findspot: building D, room m24, west wall, re-used; inscription placed below DBMNT 1887
Excavation no.
Present location: Soba, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: stone block
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Coptic
Content: inscription left by Katenantin
Date: 600–999
Notes

Material: stone
Object dimensions: H: 17; W: 50
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription of 1 line incised on stone block
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 600–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 1991, pl. 48
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1991, p. 276 (no. 2), pls. 33, 48 (lower)
Other editions

Other publications: Welsby – Daniels 1991, p. 97, fig. 47

Text 1889

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TrismegistosTM text 370419

Provenance: Soba
Region: Alwa
Findspot: building D, room m24, west wall, re-used
Excavation no.
Present location: Soba, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: stone block
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: unidentified
Content: inscription left by Theodoros
Date: 600–999
Notes

Material: stone
Object dimensions: H: 9–15; W: 69
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription of 1 line incised on stone block
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary

Date: 600–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 1991, pl. 49
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1991, p. 276 (no. 4), pl. 49
Other editions

Other publications: Welsby – Daniels 1991, p. 97, fig. 47

Text 1890

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TrismegistosTM text 370420

Provenance: Soba
Region: Alwa
Findspot: building D, room m24, W wall, re-used
Excavation no.
Present location: Soba, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: name of (Archangel) Michael
Date: 600–999
Notes

Material: stone
Object dimensions: H: 13; W: 50
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription of 1 line incised on stone block
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete (?)

Date: 600–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 1991, pl. 51
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1991, pp. 276–7 (no. 6), pl. 51
Other editions

Other publications: Welsby – Daniels 1991, p. 97, fig. 47

Text 1891

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TrismegistosTM text 370421

Provenance: Soba
Region: Alwa
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: brick
Technique: incised
Type of text: unidentified
Language: unidentified
Content: unidentified
Date: 600–1499
Notes

Material: clay
Object dimensions: H: 12; W: 17
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: inscription of 2 lines incised on brick
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary (?)

Date: 600–1499
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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Source: Jakobielski 1991, fig. 154
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1991, p. 277 (no. 8), fig. 154
Other editions

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Text 1892

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TrismegistosTM text 370422

Provenance: Soba
Region: Alwa
Findspot: buildng D, room m12, north wall
Excavation no.
Present location: Soba, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: monogram of Archangel Michael
Date: 600–1099
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: white
Lines
Height of letters

Description: monogram painted on mud plaster, accompanied by 3 rows of painted vertical strokes
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 600–1099
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 1991, pl. 52
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1991, p. 277 (no. 9), pl. 52
Other editions

Other publications: Welsby – Daniels 1991, p. 107

Text 1893

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TrismegistosTM text 370423

Provenance: Soba
Region: Alwa
Findspot: buildng D, room m26
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.

Medium: ostrakon
Technique: painted
Type of text: subliterary: magical
Language: unidentified
Content: names of companions of Daniel in the Babylonian court
Date: 600–1499
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 16.6; W: 19
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 6
Height of letters

Description: irregular piece of large wheel-made vessel; inscription on the outside
Decorative elements
State of preservation: put together from 3 fragments; ink obliterated

Date: 600–1499
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 1991, pl. 54
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Source: Jakobielski 1991, fig. 155
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski 1991, p. 278 (no. 1), fig. 155, pl. 54
Other editions

Other publications

Text 1894

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TrismegistosTM text 370424

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, narthex, west wall; accompanying painting no. 94 (Three Youths in Fiery Furnace)
Excavation no.: inv. no. 94 (painting); neg. nos. Fa.63/4.1368, Fa.63/4.1370, Fa.63/4.1371, Fa.63/4.1372, Fa.63/4.1391
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24364x

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: unidentified
Content: names of Ananias, Azarias, Misael, and Archangel Michael serving as legend to representation of Three Youths in the Fiery Furnace
Date: 975–1025
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 4
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted in four columns, each column placed under one figure in the painted representation of Three Youths in Fiery Furnace accompanied by Archangel Michael, each column consisting of four lines
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete; obliterated in places

Date: 975–1025
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: neg. no. Fa.63/4.1391
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 369, fig. on p. 371 (no. 120)
Other editions: Michałowski 1963b, p. 253; Michałowski 1967, pp. 138–140, pls. 60–61

Other publications: Michałowski 1965, pp. 98–106 (inscriptions on pp. 103–104); Jakobielski 1991, p. 278; Jakobielski – Łaptaś 2001, p. 78; Łaptaś 2003, p. 137; Łaptaś 2004, p. 11; CIEN 6, no. 66