Text 2149

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TrismegistosTM text 96774

Provenance: Kalabsha (probably)
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: British Museum, London
Museum no.: EA409

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of woman Souai
Date: probably 700–999
Notes: commonly attributed to Thebes, but evidently Nubian, probably from Kalabsha (Junker, Łajtar)

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 19; W: ?
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Lines: 12
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Date: probably 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ ⲓ̈ ⲓ̈ⲛⲇ ⲋ
Transcription: "in the month of Phaophi, (day) 19, in the 6th indiction" (ll. 8–9)
Months: ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ
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Source: O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, pl. 9 (no. 409)
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Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 42a
Other editions: Birch 1841, p. 367 (no. 4); CIG 4 9111; O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 10 (no. 4), pl. 9 (no. 409); Revillout 1885, p. 29 (no. 39); I. Lefebvre 382; SB 5 8718; Baillet 1926, no. 2110

Other publications: Junker 1925b, pp. 115–16; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Łajtar 1993a, p. 241, n. 4; Richter 2013, p. 148

Text 2150

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TrismegistosTM text 370668

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 7: inscription (a) on north wall; inscription (b) in rectangular niche in east wall, to the right of smaller voulted niche
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: liturgical: prayer
Language: Greek
Content: liturgy of the Presanctified with subscript of Ioannes, priest
Date: 1000–1199
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: (a) H: 27.8; W: 78.5
(b) H: 25; W: 38
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: (a): 9; (b): 29
Height of letters: (a) 1.6–4.8 (avarage 2–2.5)
(b) 0.5–1.5

Description: inscription painted in two parts on walls of chapel; (a) on east part of north wall, (b) part on east wall, above and to the right of semicircular niche
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State of preservation: complete but for minor lacunae in inscription (b)

Date: 1000–1199
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Offices & titles: priest (⳦): (b), l. 17

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Source: Łajtar – Zielińska 2016, fig. 6
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Latest edition: Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, pp. 49–59, no. XXXV, figs. on pp. 51 and 53, figs. 10–11
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 1995, pp. 55–61 (translation and intrepretation); Jakobielski – Scholz (eds.) 2001, pl. 22.2; Brakmann 2006, pp. 320–324; Łajtar – Zielińska 2016, pp. 439 and 441 (English translation), 442, no. 4, fig. 6; CIEN 5, no. 73; Łajtar 2020a, p. 10; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D28 (cf. p. 193)

Text 2151

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Content: the same as DBMNT 2150
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Text 2152

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TrismegistosTM text 104319

Provenance: el-Arak
Region: Makuria
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (lost)
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Maria Tainisria
Date: 800–1199
Notes: 'God of the spirits' type
downstream of Merowe, right bank of the Nile

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 24.1; W: 30.5
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Object colour: pinkish
Text colour
Lines: 12 + 1 on rim
Height of letters

Description: fragment of round-topped stela; epigraphic field framed by inscribed raised border
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State of preservation: upper half preserved

Date: 800–1199
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Source: Nicholson 1933, pl. 9
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Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 4
Other editions: Nicholson 1933, pp. 83–5, pl. 9; SB 5 8235; SEG 8 875

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 250; Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 18); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Łajtar 1996c, p. 108 (no. 35); Tsakos 2009a, pp. 229–30 (no. 9), fig. 8; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 13)

Text 2153

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TrismegistosTM text 370670

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, east part of south aisle, pilaster to the right of apse, west face; near painting no. 122 (Bishop Georgios)
Excavation no.: E 203a.3 (neg. nos. Fa.63/4.0817, Fa.63/4.0820, Fa.63/4.1214, Fa.63/4.1249, Fa.63/4.1388)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24327

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Greek
Content: prayer to Mary for unidentified person
Date: 1000–1299
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
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Text colour: black
Lines: not recorded
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Description: inscription painted to the left of the foot of figure of bishop
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State of preservation: fragmentary

Date: 1000–1299
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Toponyms & ethnonyms: (church of) the Four Living Creatures (ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲍⲱⲁ̇): l. 6
(church of) ---touri ([---]ⲧⲟⲩⲣⲓ): l. 8

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Source: Innemée 2016, fig. 4
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Source: neg. no. Fa.63/4.0817
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar – Van der Vliet 1998, pp. 46–7 (no. 6)
Other editions

Other publications: I. Faras Copt., p. 159, fig. 48; Innemée 2016, fig. 4

Text 2154

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TrismegistosTM text 370671

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 17, south wall; above Text 2155
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: unidentified
Content: inscription left by Kosmakouda
Date: 1200–1399
Notes: the same hand as in DBMNT 2155

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 15; W: 28.5
Object colour
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Lines: 2
Height of letters: 3–7.2

Description: 2 lines of inscription incised in plaster
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 1200–1399
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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. 130
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 738, figs. 64, 130
Other editions: Łajtar 2003a, pp. 148–149 (no. 1), fig. 2

Other publications: Żurawski 2014a, p. 193, fig. 6

Text 2155

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TrismegistosTM text 370672

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 17, south wall; below Text 2154
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: unidentified
Content: inscription left by Kosmakouda
Date: 1200–1399
Notes: the same hand as in DBMNT 2154

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 19; W: 31
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters: 4.8–11

Description: 2 lines of inscription incised in plaster
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 1200–1399
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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. 130
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 739, figs. 64, 130
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2003a, p. 149, fig. 2; Żurawski 2014a, p. 193, fig. 6

Text 2156

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TrismegistosTM text 370673

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, north-east pier, east face; to the right of Text 2163
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: unidentified
Content: inscription left by Pirmeni, deacon of church of Jesus
Date: 1200–1399
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 8.3; W: 19.2
Object colour
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Lines: 2
Height of letters: 2.2–6.5

Description: 2 lines of inscription incised in plaster
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 1200–1399
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Offices & titles: deacon of (church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): ll. 1–2

Toponyms & ethnonyms: (church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ): l. 1

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Source: Łajtar 2008a, fig. 1
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Source: Łajtar 2003a, fig. 4
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 177, fig. on p. 190, figs. 30, 100
Other editions: Łajtar 2003a, p. 149 (no. 3), fig. 4

Other publications: Łajtar 2008a, fig. 1; Łajtar 2021b, fig. 3; Żurawski 2022, fig. on p. 354; Łajtar 2022, fig. on p. 442

Text 2157

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TrismegistosTM text 370674

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, entrance to room 4, north wall
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Gabrielophorou
Date: 1200–1399
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 14.5; W: 28.5
Object colour
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Lines: 1
Height of letters: 2.4–9.4

Description: 1 line of inscription incised in plaster
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 1200–1399
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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. 108
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Source: Łajtar 2003a, fig. 5
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 357, fig. on p. 278, figs. 38, 108
Other editions: Łajtar 2003a, p. 150 (no. 4), fig. 5

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Text 2158

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TrismegistosTM text 370675

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, entrance to room 4, south side
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by two persons, Touwan and Oups
Date: 1200–1399
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 10; W: 52
Object colour
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Lines: 1
Height of letters: 3–10

Description: 1 line of inscription incised in plaster
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 1200–1399
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Source: Łajtar 2003a, fig. 6
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 386, fig. on p. 292, fig. 39
Other editions: Łajtar 2003a, p. 150 (no. 5), fig. 6

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Text 2159

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TrismegistosTM text 370676

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, north-east pier, south column, east face; to the right of Text 3388
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: inscription left by Ogijeno
Date: 1200–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 10; W: 32.5
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters: 1.4–5.3

Description: 2 lines of inscription incised in plaster
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 1200–1399
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Toponyms & ethnonyms: (church of) Raphael of the city of Toungil (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲗ̄ⲗⲛ̄ ⲇⲡ̄ⲡⲛ̄ ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ): ll. 1–2
Toungil (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲗ̄ⲗⲛ̄): l. 1

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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. 99
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Source: Łajtar 2003a, fig. 7
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 168, fig. on p. 187, figs. 30, 99
Other editions: Łajtar 2003a, p. 150, no. 6, fig. 7

Other publications: Żurawski et alii 2003, fig. 37; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 192–193; Łajtar 2015c, p. 113; Żurawski 2022, fig. on p. 354

Text 2160

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TrismegistosTM text 370677

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, engaged column in southeast support
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Doureri, epirshil of king Siti
Date: circa 1330–circa 1339
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 6.5; W: 45.5
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters: 1.6–5.7

Description: no photo or tracing available
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary

Date: circa 1330–circa 1339
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

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Offices & titles: king (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 1
epirshil (ⲉⲡ̣[ⲣ︥ϣⲗ︥]): l. 1

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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. 118
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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. on p. 370
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 554, fig. on p. 370, figs. 51–2, 118
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2003a, p. 151; Łajtar 2004b, p. 256

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