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Text 2137

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north pastophorium, west wall; to the left of DBMNT 2134
Excavation no.
G 60d (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1193)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Greek
Content
prayer for Kinyakouda
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 3.5; W: 7
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
five lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete but obliterated in places
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Kubińska 1976b, fig. 34
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2017c, pp. 303–307 (no. 1), fig. 2
Other editions
 
Other publications
Kubińska 1976b, p. 34 (no. 59), fig. 34; CIEN 5, no. 69
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Text 2138

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north pastophorium, west wall; below DBMNT 2137
Excavation no.
G 60e
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: ?; W: 7
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no photo available
Date
900–1399
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unpublished; mentioned in Kubińska 1976b, p. 34 (no. 60)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2139

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north pastophorium, west wall
Excavation no.
G 60h
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 8.5; W: 23
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
four lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no photo available
Date
900–1399
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 Kubińska 1976b, p. 35 (no. 63)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2140

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north pastophorium, west wall
Excavation no.
G 60i
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 5.5; W: 12
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
two lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no photo available
Date
900–1399
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 Kubińska 1976b, p. 35 (no. 64)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2141

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north pastophorium, west wall, south end
Excavation no.
G 60j
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: ?; W: 12
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no photo available
Date
900–1399
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 Kubińska 1976b, p. 35 (no. 65)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2142

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north pastophorium, west wall
Excavation no.
G 60k
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 4; W: 22
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
three lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete (?)
Date
900–1399
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 Kubińska 1976b, p. 35 (no. 66), fig. 36
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2143

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, annex of north pastophorium (room H), east wall; below DBMNT 2058
Excavation no.
H 66b
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 9; W: 43
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
four lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no photo available
Date
900–1399
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 Kubińska 1976b, p. 35 (no. 69)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2144

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, annex of north pastophorium (room H), south wall
Excavation no.
H 67a
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
school exercise
Language
unidentified
Content
numerals from 12 to 16 listed in column
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 8; W: 2
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
five lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no photo available
Date
900–1399
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
Kubińska 1976b, p. 35 (no. 70)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2145

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, annex of north pastophorium (room H), south wall
Excavation no.
H 67d
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 7; W: 9
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
two lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
no photo available
Date
900–1399
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 Kubińska 1976b, p. 36 (no. 73)
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2146

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, annex of north pastophorium (room H), west wall; below DBMNT 1877
Excavation no.
H 68e (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1441)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription left by Ioseph
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete (?)
Date
900–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.1441 (= Kubińska 1976b, fig. 38)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
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Image not available
Latest edition
Kubińska 1976b, p. 37 (no. 78), fig. 38
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2147

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, annex of north pastophorium (room H), west wall
Excavation no.
H 68h (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1437)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
name
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified name in form of monogram
Date
900–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 15; W: 11
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
 
Height of letters
 
Description
monogram incised in form of human
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
900–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.1437 (= Kubińska 1976b, fig. 39)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Kubińska 1976b, p. 37 (no. 81), fig. 39
Other editions
 
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Text 2148

Provenance
Sonqi Tino
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church, room 8, west wall; to the right of painting of Christ protecting King Georgios; below right part of Text 1438
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24366
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Greek
Content
prayer to Archangel Michael for two (?) persons, Petro and Simeon, eparch
Date
1000–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
7 lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, obliterated in places
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦): ll. 3, 7
archpriest (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍⳦ⲉ): l. 3
archimandrite of (Monastery of Four) Living Creatures in Paras (= Faras) (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ⲍⲱⲁ̇): ll. 3–4
archargad( ) of (Church of) Forty (Martyrs) (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ̣⸍ⲁⲣⲅⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲉⲣⲉⲕⲟⲛⲧⲁ): l. 4
archikoinobiarches of (Monastery of) Archangel Michael at Pigij (?) (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲕⲓⲟⲛⲟ⸌ⲃ⸍ ⲡⲓⲅ̄ⳝ ⲭ̄ⲡ̄ⲑ̄): ll. 4–5
eparch (ⲉ̇ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 5
great priest (⳦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 5
chartoularios (ⲭⲁⲣⲧⲟⲩⲗⲁⲣⲓⲟⲩ): ll. 5–6
lord of elders (ⲅⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⳟⲟ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 6 (Donadoni 1975 as personal name; corr. G. Ochała)
great lector (ⲁ̇ⲛⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 6
king (ⲃⲗⲥ̄): l. 7
thegna of Boul( ) (ⲃⲟⲩ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲑⲉ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(Monastery of Four) Living Creatures in Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ⲍⲱⲁ̇): ll. 3–4
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ): l. 3
(Church of) Forty (Martyrs) (ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲉⲣⲉⲕⲟⲛⲧⲁ): l. 4
(Monastery of) Archangel Michael at Pigij (?) (ⲡⲓⲅ̄ⳝ ⲭ̄ⲡ̄ⲑ̄): l. 5
Pigij (?) (ⲡⲓⲅ̄ⳝ): l. 5
Boul( ) (ⲃⲟⲩ⸌ⲗ⸍): l. 7
Source
photo G. Ochała
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; in preparation by Sonqi Tino Collaborative; mentioned in Donadoni 1975, pp. 34, 38
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar 1992a, pp. 121 (no. 5), 122; Obłuski 2019, pp. 275–276; Łajtar 2021a, fig. 12.4
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