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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral; accompanying painting no. 113 (St Cyprian)
Excavation no.: inv. no. 113 (painting); neg. nos. Fa.63/4.0790, Fa.63/4.0957
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: Greek
Content: name of St Cyprian serving as legend to his representation
Date: 700–799
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions: H: 202; W: 48
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 2 vertical
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted on both sides of head of the saint
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete; lower part of left vertical line lost

Date: 700–799
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Source: neg. no. Fa.63/4.0790 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 71)
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Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 125, fig. on p. 124 (no. 7)
Other editions: I. Faras Greek 80, fig. 71

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, south vestibule
Excavation no.: K 257 (neg. nos. Fa.63/4.0825, Fa.63/4.0826)
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: subliterary
Language: Greek
Content: cross with inscription on its horizontal bar, accompanied by two another inscriptions: one listing military saints (Merkourios, Theodoros, Georgios, and Menas), the other mentioning John Chrysostom
Date: 1000–1399
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: i: 1; ii: 4; iii: 3
Height of letters

Description: three inscriptions incised by one hand: (i) on horizontal bar of cross; (ii) above left arm of cross; (iii) above cross extending far to the right
Decorative elements
State of preservation: i and ii complete; iii destroyed in middle part

Date: 1000–1399
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Source: neg. no. Fa.63/4.0825 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 74)
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Latest edition: Łajtar 2002, p. 180
Other editions: I. Faras Greek 84, fig. 74

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TrismegistosTM text 370599

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: monastery east of cathedral
Excavation no.: F 365/62–3 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.0125)
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 234732

Medium: brick
Technique: painted
Type of text: subliterary
Language: unidentified
Content: names of Sts Jacob, Antonios, and Senoutios
Date: 800–1199
Notes

Material: mud
Object dimensions: H: 13.2; W: 24
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: white
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: baked brick with painted inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: object incomplete: one corner broken off; inscription complete

Date: 800–1199
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Source: neg. no. Fa.62/3.0125 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 76)
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Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 86, fig. 76
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Other publications: Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, p. 222

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TrismegistosTM text 370600

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: monastery east of cathedral
Excavation no.: F 184/62–3 (neg. no. Fa.62/3.1259)
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 234733

Medium: brick
Technique: painted
Type of text: subliterary
Language: unidentified
Content: names of Sts Andrew and John the Apostles
Date: 800–1199
Notes

Material: mud
Object dimensions: H: 13.2; W: 24.7
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: white
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: baked brick with painted inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: object complete; inscription complete

Date: 800–1199
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Source: neg. no. Fa.62/3.1259 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 77)
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Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 87, fig. 77
Other editions

Other publications: Jakobielski 1975a, p. 331; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, p. 222

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, north aisle, north wall; accompanying painting no. 46 (anchorite Aaron)
Excavation no.: inv. no. 46 (painting)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24371

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: Greek
Content: name of Aaron, anchorite, serving as legend to his representation
Date: 1000–1025
Notes

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

Description: inscription painted above head of the anchorite
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; middle part lost

Date: 1000–1025
Chronological systems

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Source: Michałowski 1967, pl. 46
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Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 278 (no. 82)
Other editions: Michałowski 1967, pp. 126–7, pl. 46; Altheim – Stiehl 1971, p. 495; I. Faras Greek 91, fig. 81; Łukaszewicz 1982, pp. 193–5

Other publications: Michałowski 1966a, p. 21; Łukaszewicz 1990, pp. 549–56, fig. 2

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TrismegistosTM text 370602

Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, south aisle
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Greek
Content: prayer to St Onophrios
Date: 1000–1399
Notes: Kubińska claims that the inscription was found near painting no. 81 (apostles), but this painting was not located in south aisle

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

Description: three lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; right part lost

Date: 1000–1399
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Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 94
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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral
Excavation no.: neg. nos. Fa.63/4.0931, Fa.63/4.0932
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.

Medium: architectural element
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: subliterary: catalogue of names
Language: unidentified
Content: list of holy names (Mary, Raphael, Michael, and Gabriel)
Date: 700–1399
Notes

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

Description: inscription incised on lintel
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 700–1399
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Source: neg. no. Fa.63/4.0931 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 85)
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Latest edition: I. Faras Greek 96, fig. 85
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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, north pastophorium, west part of south wall
Excavation no.: G 72t (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0563, Fa.62/3.1435)
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: name of (Archangel) Gabriel
Date: 900–1399
Notes

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

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

Date: 900–1399
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Source: neg. no. Fa.62/3.0563 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 87)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Kubińska 1976b, p. 34 (no. 52)
Other editions: I. Faras Greek 98, fig. 87

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: F 177/62–3
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 234508

Medium: pottery
Technique: incised
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: name of (Archangel) Michael
Date: 1000–1199
Notes: museum no. 235972 printed in Catalogue Warsaw 2014 belongs to object illustrated in fig. b

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 8; W: 6.5
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription incised on inside of vessel
Decorative elements
State of preservation: inscription complete

Date: 1000–1199
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Source: National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/pl/zbiory/496848
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Latest edition: Catalogue Warsaw 2014, p. 254, fig. c on p. 255
Other editions: I. Faras Greek 99, fig. 88

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: east of tomb of Petros
Excavation no.: F 280/62–3
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 234527

Medium: pottery
Technique: incised & painted
Type of text: owner's inscription
Language: unidentified
Content: name of abba Chael
Date: 1150–1499
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 4.2; W: 9.5
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: red
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription incised on inside of vessel and then painted red
Decorative elements
State of preservation: inscription incomplete: beginning not preserved

Date: 1150–1499
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Offices & titles: abba (ⲁ̣̄ⲃ̄): l. 1 (I. Faras Greek 100: unidentified; corr. NOM 1, no. 10)

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Source: NOM 1, fig. 10
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Latest edition: NOM 1, no. 10, fig. 10
Other editions: I. Faras Greek 100, fig. 89

Other publications: CIEN 7, no. 37

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: F 231/63–4
Present location: National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.: 234293

Medium: pottery
Technique: incised
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: monogram of Archangel Michael
Date: 550–699
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Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 9.5; W: 12
Text dimensions: not recorded
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Description: monogram incised on outside of vessel
Decorative elements
State of preservation: inscription incomplete: lower and upper parts lacking

Date: 550–699
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