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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: lower church, baptistery (room 4), east wall; below painting of standing bishop (R4/E/1)
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Greek
Content: prayer for Antonios, priest
Date: 700–899
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 4; W: 31
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 2
Height of letters: 0.6–2.8

Description: inscription written on the wall with black ink
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State of preservation: incomplete, central part faded and illegible

Date: 700–899
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Offices & titles: priest (ⲓⲉⲣⲉⲁ): l. 1

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Source: I. Banganarti, fig. 5
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 1 1, fig. 5
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Other publications: Łajtar 2008b, p. 401 (description and translation); Żurawski 2012, p. 208, fig. 22; Żurawski 2019, p. 92; CIEN 8, no. 104

Text 2210

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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: lower church, south aisle, south wall (room 8), below painting of Sisinnios (?) (S8/S/1)
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti Museum
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Greek
Content: prayer to God of St George for abba Kyrou
Date: 900–1099
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 10; W: 35
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 4
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Description: inscription written with black ink beneath hoofs of horse painted on the wall
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State of preservation: complete, but heavily obliterated

Date: 900–1099
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Offices & titles: abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 2

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Source: I. Banganarti, fig. 17
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 1 15, fig. 17
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2008b, p. 401; Żurawski 2012, p. 216, fig. 36, p. 303, figs. 5–6; Żurawski 2016d, fig. 14; CIEN 8, no. 118

Text 2211

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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: lower church, west end of main nave (room 18), south wall, centre; between legs of horse from painting of St Mercurius killing Julian the Apostate (S18/S/1)
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: liturgical: hymn
Language: Greek
Content: two hymns connected with Great Lent
Date: 900–1099
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 15; W: 51
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 31
Height of letters: 0.4–1.2

Description: inscription written with black ink between legs of the horse of St Mercurius, consisting of two texts separated by horizontal line under l. 10; upper part longer (50 cm), upper part shorter (30 cm); upper text partly overlapping with painting
Decorative elements
State of preservation: upper part incomplete, damaged by termites; lower part almost complete

Date: 900–1099
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Source: I. Banganarti, fig. 22
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 1 19, fig. 22
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2005, p. 313; Łajtar 2008b, p. 401; Żurawski 2012, p. 228, fig. 59, p. 310, fig. 3; Łajtar 2014a, p. 406; CIEN 8, no. 122; Łajtar 2022, fig. on p. 441

Text 2212

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Content: merged with DBMNT 2211
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Text 2213

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TrismegistosTM text 370730

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: lower church, baptistery (room 4), east wall; below DBMNT 2209
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: unidentified
Content: inscription of Antonios
Date: 700–899
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 3.5; W: 21
Object colour
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Lines: not recorded
Height of letters: 1

Description: delicate graffito, right part hidden under later layer of plaster
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State of preservation: fragmentary, only beginning preserved

Date: 700–899
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Source: I. Banganarti, fig. 5
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Banganarti 1 2, fig. 5
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2008b, p. 401; CIEN 8, no. 105

Text 2214

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 6, west wall
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised or painted (graffito or dipinto)
Type of text: subliterary: catalogue of names
Language: unidentified
Content: list of archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Ourouel, Iael, Anael, and Zedekiel)
Date: 900–1399
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Material: plaster
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Text dimensions: not recorded
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Lines: 6
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Description: no photo or tracing available
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Date: 900–1399
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; transcription in Łajtar 2009b, p. 117
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2020a, p. 12; Łajtar 2021a, p. 171 n. 76

Text 2215

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Provenance: Qustul
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: Q 1780
Present location: Museum of the Oriental Institute, Chicago
Museum no.: OIM 21558

Medium: architectural element
Technique: incised (inscription)
Type of text: subliterary: catalogue of names
Language: unidentified
Content: list of archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Ourouel, Iael, Anael, and Zedekiel) and monograms of Archangels Michael and Raphael
Date: 600–1499
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Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 36; W: 106; Th: 15.6
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Lines: 2 + 2 monograms
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Description: rectangular lintel with inscription incised on and below frieze; monograms incised on two round protrusions flanking central rosette
Decorative elements: lintel decorated with geometrical frieze above, supported by two columns at each end; centrally placed rosette flanked by 2 circular elements
State of preservation: upper right corner broken away; inscription complete

Date: 600–1499
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Source: Ritner 2008, fig. 1
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Source: Ritner 2008, fig. 2
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Latest edition: Łajtar 2009b, p. 118
Other editions: Ritner 2008, pp. 107–15, figs. 1–2

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Text 2216

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: citadel, building B.I
Excavation no.: ADd.09.030
Present location: Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.

Medium: ostrakon
Technique: painted
Type of text: subliterary: magical
Language: Greek
Content: prayer for protection of woman Arinyji
Date: 1200–1399
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Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 10.8; W: 10.8; Th: 1.1
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Text colour: black
Lines: 4
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Description: potsherd from storage jar or amphora, pentagonal in shape; inscription painted on outer side in upper part of the sherd, lower part left uninscribed
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State of preservation: left upper corner of inscription lacking

Date: 1200–1399
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Source: Łajtar – Van der Vliet 2011a, fig. 1
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Source: Łajtar – Van der Vliet 2011a, fig. 2
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Latest edition: Łajtar – Van der Vliet 2011a, pp. 133–140, figs. 1–2
Other editions

Other publications: Godlewski 2012, p. 298, fig. 9; Łajtar 2020a, p. 15, fig. 13

Text 2217

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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 21, east wall; accompanying painting of Jesus and doubting Thomas
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: Greek
Content: legend to painting of doubting Thomas
Date: 1000–1199
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 5.3; W: 9.5
Object colour
Text colour: dark red/violet
Lines: 1
Height of letters: 1.9–2.4

Description: inscriptions painted below representations Apostle Thomas
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 1000–1199
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Source: Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, fig. 1
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 661, figs. 56, 125
Other editions: Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, p. 98, fig. 1

Other publications: Żurawski et alii 2003, fig. 40; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 192–193; Żurawski 2016d, p. 52, fig. 25

Text 2218

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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 21, east wall; below painting of Jesus and doubting Thomas (below Text 2217)
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: literary
Language: Greek
Content: text referring to story of Jesus and doubting Thomas + signature of author, Papasa; King Dauid mentioned
Date: 1100–1199
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Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 7; W: 123
Object colour
Text colour: letters black; ruling yellow
Lines: 2
Height of letters: 1.3–2.8

Description: 2 lines of painted inscription surrounded by yellow-painted frame inscription framed
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete, obliterated, endings of lines missing

Date: 1100–1199
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲇ̄ⲁ̄ⲇ̄ ⲃ̄ⲗ̄ⲥ̄
Transcription: "King Dauid" (l. 2)
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Offices & titles: king (ⲃ̄ⲗ̄ⲥ̄): l. 2

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Source: Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, fig. 1
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Source: Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, fig. 2
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 667, fig. on pp. 422–423, figs. 56, 125
Other editions: Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, pp. 98–100, figs. 1–4

Other publications: Żurawski et alii 2003, fig. 40; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 192–193; Żurawski 2014a, p. 207 (translation of final part); Żurawski 2016d, p. 52, fig. 25

Text 2219

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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 21, east wall; below Text 2217, partly covering Text 2218
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 unidentified cleric
Date: 1200–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 9; W: 63
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters: 1.9–6.2

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: cleric (ⲕⲗⲓ): l. 1

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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 664, figs. 56, 125
Other editions: Łajtar 2014f, pp. 276–277 (no. 14)

Other publications: Żurawski et alii 2003, fig. 40; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 192–193; Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, fig. 1; Żurawski 2016d, fig. 25; CIEN 3, no. 46; Łajtar 2021a, p. 168

Text 2220

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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 21, east wall; to the right of Text 2219
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 Pole of Great Church of Jesus
Date: 1200–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 8; W: 25
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters: 3.4–7.5

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

Date: 1200–1399
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Toponyms & ethnonyms: Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 1

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Source: Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, fig. 1
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 665, figs. 56, 125
Other editions

Other publications: Żurawski et alii 2003, fig. 40; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 192–193; Łajtar – Płóciennik 2011, fig. 1; Żurawski 2016d, fig. 25

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