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Text 1645

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, south end of west wall
Excavation no.
no. 26
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
literary: apocryphal
Language
Coptic
Content
letter of Christ to Abgar, king of Edessa
Date
circa 738
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
24
Height of letters
 
Description
panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell; enclosed within painted frame
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete; minor lacunae
Date
circa 738
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 65.1
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 71.26
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Latest edition
Griffith 1927, pp. 88–89 (no. 26), pls. 65.1, 71.26
Other editions
Sayce 1898, pp. 174–175
Other publications
Pietschmann 1899, p. 133; Obłuski 2019, table 5, sub 1; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. F9 (cf. p. 189)
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Text 1646

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of W wall; right of panel no. 26 (DBMNT 1645)
Excavation no.
no. 27a
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary: catalogue of names
Language
Coptic
Content
list of Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Date
circa 738
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
22
Height of letters
 
Description
panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell; enclosed within painted frame; apart from ll. 1–2, the list is arranged in 2 columns, 20 names in each one
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; only first 6 names of right column preserved
Date
circa 738
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 65.1
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 71.27a
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Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 89 (no. 27a), pls. 65.1, 71.27a
Other editions
Sayce 1898, pp. 175–6 (column I, ll. 1–22 + column III)
Other publications
Pietschmann 1899, pp. 133–4
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Text 1647

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of W wall; below text no. 27a (DBMNT 1646)
Excavation no.
no. 27b
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary: catalogue of names
Language
Coptic
Content
list of unidentified names
Date
circa 738
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell; enclosed within painted frame; placed in the same panel as no. 27a (DBMNT 1646), below it
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only upper part preserved
Date
circa 738
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 65.1
Image
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 71.27b
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 89 (no. 27b), pls. 65.1, 71.27b
Other editions
Sayce 1898, p. 175 (column I, ll. 24–8)
Other publications
Pietschmann 1899, p. 133
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Text 1648

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of W wall; right panel no. 27 (DBMNT 1646)
Excavation no.
no. 28a
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary: catalogue of names
Language
Coptic
Content
list of unidentified names
Date
circa 738
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
5 (originally 14?)
Height of letters
 
Description
panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; upper and left part lost
Date
circa 738
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 71.28a
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 89 (no. 28a), pl. 71.28a
Other editions
Sayce 1898, p. 175 (column II, ll. 1–6)
Other publications
Pietschmann 1899, p. 133
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Text 1649

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of W wall; below text no. 28a (DBMNT 1648)
Excavation no.
no. 28b
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary: magical
Language
Coptic
Content
sator-square (entitled 'Names of the nails of Christ')
Date
circa 738
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
part of panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell; placed in the same panel as no. 28a (DBMNT 1648), below it
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; left margin damaged
Date
circa 738
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 71.28b
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 89 (no. 28b), pl. 71.28b
Other editions
Sayce 1898, p. 176 (column II, ll. 7–13)
Other publications
Pietschmann 1899, pp. 133–4
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Text 1650

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of W wall; below text no. 28b (DBMNT 1649)
Excavation no.
no. 28c
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary: catalogue of names
Language
Coptic
Content
list of unidentified names
Date
circa 738
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
part of panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell; placed in the same panel as no. 28a and 28b (DBMNT 1648–9), below them
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; left margin damaged
Date
circa 738
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 71.28c
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 89 (no. 28c), pl. 71.28c
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1651

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of W wall; right of panel no. 28 (DBMNT 1648)
Excavation no.
no. 29
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary: catalogue of names
Language
Coptic
Content
list of seven youths of Ephesus ('Seven Sleepers')
Date
circa 738
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
reddish/brownish
Lines
9
Height of letters
 
Description
part of panel belonging to decoration of hermit's cell
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; right part lost
Date
circa 738
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 71.29
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 89 (no. 29), pl. 71.29
Other editions
Sayce 1898, p. 176 (column IV)
Other publications
Pietschmann 1899, p. 133–5; Kropp 1931, p. 221 (no. 64b)
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Text 1652

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of E wall; left of text no. B (DBMNT 1653)
Excavation no.
no. A
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Coptic
Content
unidentified inscription, perhaps literary
Date
700–799
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
19–20 (only 6 legible)
Height of letters
 
Description
painted inscription of 19 or 20 lines
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; largely illegible
Date
700–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 72.A
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (no. A), pl. 72.A
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1653

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of E wall; right of text no. A (DBMNT 1652)
Excavation no.
no. B
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
literary
Language
Coptic
Content
unidentified text, perhaps homily
Date
700–799
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
28
Height of letters
 
Description
large painted inscription of 28 lines
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
largely illegible; only lower part relatively well preserved
Date
700–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 72.B
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (no. B), pl. 72.B
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1654

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of E wall; below text no. B (DBMNT 1653)
Excavation no.
no. C
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
700–1099
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
6 lines of painted inscription, written at angles to no. B (DBMNT 1653) above
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
only last two lines legible
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 72.C
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (no. C), pl. 72.C
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1655

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, S part of E wall; left of text no. A (DBMNT 1652)
Excavation no.
gr. 1
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Coptic
Content
prayer for unidentified person
Date
700–1099
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
8
Height of letters
 
Description
8 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete; lower part obliterated and illegible
Date
700–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 73.1
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (gr. 1), pl. 73.1
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1656

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, south part of east wall; below text no. A (DBMNT 1652)
Excavation no.
gr. 2
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription left by Iesoudinna (?), cleric
Date
probably 738–1099
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
complete
Date
probably 738–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
cleric (ⲕⲗⲏ): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 73.2
Image
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Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (gr. 2), pl. 73.2
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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