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TrismegistosTM text 102638

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: ostrakon
Technique: painted
Type of text: subliterary: magical
Language: Greek
Content: Trinitarian formula and names of Archangels Raphael and Michael
Date: 700–1399
Notes

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

Description: irregular fragment of potsherd
Decorative elements: pentagram below inscription
State of preservation: fragmentary; upper and right parts missing

Date: 700–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
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Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 37.8
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Source: Griffith 1926, p. 86, fig. 2
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Latest edition: Griffith 1926, p. 86 (no. 20), fig. 2, pl. 37.8
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Other publications: I. Faras Greek 131

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TrismegistosTM text 370098

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: 'Potteries', room 6, west wall
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: subliterary: magical
Language: Coptic
Content: symbolic letters painted on arms of cross with subscription of scribe (?) below
Date: 600–1199
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted against background of white painted-cross
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete; name of scribe illegible

Date: 600–1199
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
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Months
Weakdays
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Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 42.3
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Latest edition: Griffith 1926, p. 64, pl. 42.3
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Other publications: Obłuski 2019, p. 57

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TrismegistosTM text 370099

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: 'Potteries', room 6, east and south walls
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: subliterary: magical
Language: Coptic
Content: perhaps sator-palindrome followed by subscription of scribe (?)
Date: 600–1199
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: long inscription painted against background of white painted-band running around the room
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; beginning and fragment of middle part lost

Date: 600–1199
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
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Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 43.1
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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 42.2
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Latest edition: Griffith 1926, pp. 63–4, pls. 41.3, 42.2, 43.1
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Other publications: Adams 1961, p. 41 with n. 27; Obłuski 2019, p. 57

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TrismegistosTM text 370100

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, lintel above entrance to prothesis
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: architectural element
Technique: incised (inscription)
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: two monograms: one designating Virgin Mary, the other Gabriel
Date: probably 550–699
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Material: stone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions: not recorded
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Description: two monograms incised on lintel, on two sides of central decoration
Decorative elements: lintel decorated in relief with centrally located Greek cross enclosed in circle and rosetta on its right side
State of preservation: object incomplete – left side broken off; inscription complete

Date: probably 550–699
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Months
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Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 51.3
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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 53.3
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Latest edition: Griffith 1926, p. 83 (no. 2), pls. 51.3, 53.3
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de VIllard 1935–57: 1, p. 197, fig. 189; 2, pl. 88; I. Faras Copt., p. 50, n. 74; Welsby 2002, p. 219, fig. 88

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TrismegistosTM text 370101

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, north wall
Excavation no.: gr. 2
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

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

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: 2 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: nearly complete; endings of lines damaged

Date: probably 1200–1399
Chronological systems

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Toponyms & ethnonyms: Toma at Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭ[ⲱ]ⲣⲁⲥ ⲧⲱⲙⲁ): ll. 1–2
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭ[ⲱ]ⲣⲁⲥ): ll. 1–2

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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.2
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Latest edition: Łajtar – Van der Vliet 1998, pp. 48–9 (no. 8)
Other editions

Other publications: Griffith 1926, p. 74, pl. 64.2

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TrismegistosTM text 370102

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, south wall
Excavation no.: gr. 3
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Nou---
Date: probably 1200–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: 2 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete; endings of lines damaged

Date: probably 1200–1399
Chronological systems

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Toponyms & ethnonyms: Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲙⲉⲅ): l. 2

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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.3
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Latest edition: unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 75, pl. 64.3
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TrismegistosTM text 370103

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, south wall; above DBMNT 1439
Excavation no.: gr. 5
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

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

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

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

Date: probably 1200–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
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Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.5
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Latest edition: unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 75, pl. 64.5
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TrismegistosTM text 370104

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, E wall, between apse and S pastophorium
Excavation no.: gr. 6
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Greek (?)
Content: unidentified inscription
Date: probably 1200–1399
Notes

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

Description: 4 lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; hardly legible

Date: probably 1200–1399
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Offices & titles: priest (ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩ[---]): l. 4

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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.6
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Griffith 1926, p. 76, pl. 64.6
Other editions

Other publications: Lethmayer – Zach 1986, p. 142

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TrismegistosTM text 370105

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, E wall
Excavation no.: gr. 7
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: unidentified
Content: unidentified
Date: probably 1200–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: 2 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; beginnings of lines damaged

Date: probably 1200–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source
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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.7
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Griffith 1926, p. 76, pl. 64.7
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TrismegistosTM text 370106

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, S pillar of nave, N face; near painting no. 27 (standing figure)
Excavation no.: gr. 8
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: unidentified
Content: unidentified
Date: probably 1200–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: 2 lines of inscription incised to the right of head of painted standing figure
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete

Date: probably 1200–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.8
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Griffith 1926, p. 76, pl. 64.8
Other editions

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TrismegistosTM text 370107

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, S pillar of nave, N face; near painting no. 27 (standing figure)
Excavation no.: gr. 9
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: unidentified
Content: unidentified
Date: probably 1200–1399
Notes

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

Description: 3 lines of inscription incised at left shoulder of painted standing figure
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary, endings of lines damaged

Date: probably 1200–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.9
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Griffith 1926, p. 76, pl. 64.9
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TrismegistosTM text 370108

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Rivergate Church, south pillar of nave, north face; near painting no. 27 (standing figure); above DBMNT 1573
Excavation no.: gr. 10
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Tourt( ) (?)
Date: probably 1200–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: 1 line of inscription incised at left elbow of painted standing figure
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete; beginning of line damaged

Date: probably 1200–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
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Months
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Source: Griffith 1926, pl. 64.10
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Latest edition: unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 76, pl. 64.10
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