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Provenance: Semna
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: temple, outer west wall
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Ioanes, son of (?) Athanasiou and Nikolaos, son of (?) Nikolaos
Date: probably 600–999
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Material: stone
Object dimensions: not recorded
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Lines: 3
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Description: 3 lines of incised text
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: probably 600–999
Chronological systems

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Months
Weakdays
Feasts

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Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 542
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Latest edition: SB 5 8711 c
Other editions: CIG 4 8950 c; I. Lefebvre 637

Other publications: Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 197; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 542

Text 986

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TrismegistosTM text 102856

Provenance: Semna
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: temple, south pillar
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: name of (Archangel) Michael
Date: 600–1499
Notes

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

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

Date: 600–1499
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Dating formulae
Transcription
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Weakdays
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 543
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Latest edition: SB 5 8771 b
Other editions: CIG 4 8950 b; I. Lefebvre 638

Other publications: Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 197; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 543

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TrismegistosTM text 120443

Provenance: Semna
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: temple (?)
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Agapos, deacon
Date: 1200–1399
Notes: This is probably the same man as Agapos the deacon found in Sonqi Tino (DBMNT 3151).

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

Description: 1 line of incised text
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 1200–1399
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Offices & titles: deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 1

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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 545
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Latest edition: I. Lefebvre 639
Other editions

Other publications: Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 197; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 545; I. Banganarti 2, comm. to no. 71

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TrismegistosTM text 120444

Provenance: Wadi el-Sebua
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: temple-church, western chapel, niche in west wall; on both sides of painting of Apostle Peter
Excavation no.
Present location: Wadi el-Sebua, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: Greek
Content: name of St Peter the Apostle serving as legend to his representation
Date: 600–699
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
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Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 1 vertical + 2 horizontal
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted on both sides of figure of St. Peter
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 600–699
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
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Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Monneret de Villard 1935–57, II, pl. XLII
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Source: Gau 1822, pl. 45, A
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Latest edition: Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 29
Other editions: I. Lefebvre 640; Gauthier 1912, p. 207; Griffith 1913, p. 60; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, p. 88; 2, pl. 42

Other publications: Gau 1822, pl. 45A; Medić 1965a, p. 45, fig. 15; Godlewski 1992, pp. 289–290, fig. 16; Welsby 2002, pp. 225, fig. 92

Text 989

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TrismegistosTM text 120445

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (lost)
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph of Marianos, archimandrite of the monastery of Jesus in Tillarti
Date: probably 800–899
Notes

Material: unidentified
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 11
Height of letters

Description: fragment of stela of stone (?); no photograph or tracing available
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; upper part with beginnings of lines and portions of upper and left margins; right and lower part lost

Date: probably 800–899
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Offices & titles: archimandrite of (Monastery of) Jesus in Tillarti (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲧ̄ⲗ̄ⲗⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 8

Toponyms & ethnonyms: (Monastery of) Jesus (in) Tillarti (ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲧ̄ⲗ̄ⲗⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 8
Tillarti (ⲧ̄ⲗ̄ⲗⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 8

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Fitzwilliam 110
Other editions: Burkitt 1903, p. 586 (α); I. Lefebvre 641; Leclercq 1920, col. 2517; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 3; Łajtar 1997a, pp. 121–122, no. 5, cf. p. 116, n. 38

Other publications: Weissbrodt 1905/6, pp. 17–18, nos. 11–13; Junker 1925b, passim; Peterson 1926, p. 26, n. 3; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 247, 248; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 65 n. 8; Monneret de Villard 1938, pp. 167–168; van Lantschoot 1929, p. 88; Heichelheim 1942, p. 16 (X, b, 1); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Łajtar 1992a, p. 121, no. 9; Łajtar 1996c, p. 107, no. 27; Obłuski 2019, p. 284

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TrismegistosTM text 120446

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Museum no.: Acc. No. E.65a.1903

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph of unidentified man
Date: 700–899
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 20.5; W: 34.5; Th: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 6
Height of letters

Description: fragment of stela; epigraphic field framed by raised border; lowermost line written on lower borded; back roughly dressed
Decorative elements
State of preservation: lower part with portions of lower and side margins; right lower corner broken off; surface worn

Date: 700–899
Chronological systems

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Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 155
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Source: I. Fitzwilliam, fig. on p. 155
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Latest edition: I. Fitzwilliam 109, figs. on p. 155
Other editions: Burkitt 1903, p. 586 (β); I. Lefebvre 642; I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 30; Łajtar 1997a, p. 123 (no. 7)

Other publications: Weissbrodt 1905/6, pp. 17–18 (nos. 11–13); Junker 1925b, passim; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 247; Heichelheim 1942, p. 16 (X, b, 2); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; I. Khartoum Greek 23, comm. to l. 13

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TrismegistosTM text 120448

Provenance: Meroe
Region: Alwa
Findspot: pyramids
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised or painted (graffito or dipinto)
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: Greek
Content: names of angels (Gabriel, Michael), Jesus, Israel, and bishops inscribed on walls of pyramids
Date: 600–1499
Notes

Material: stone
Object dimensions: not recorded
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Text colour
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Description: graffiti incised on walls of pyramids
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 600–1499
Chronological systems: months
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: Mecheir 14
Months
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Latest edition: I. Lefebvre 644
Other editions

Other publications: Cailliaud 1826, p. 373

Text 992

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TrismegistosTM text 120449

Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.: ÄM 13844

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of woman Christephoria
Date: 600–1199
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 25; W: 29
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 11
Height of letters

Description: fragment of stela
Decorative elements
State of preservation: upper part with upper and side margins; lower part lost

Date: 600–1199
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 20
Other editions: I. Lefebvre 646

Other publications: Erman 1899, p. 413 (description); Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 17 (no. 9); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Žabkar 1967, p. 17

Text 993

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TrismegistosTM text 369551

Provenance: Sabagura
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: north church, northeast pastophorium, north wall
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Old Nubian
Content: prayer (?) to St Shenoute for Am.a, priest
Date: 900–1499
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour: white
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters

Description: 9 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; beginnings and endings of lines lost

Date: 900–1499
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Offices & titles: priest (⳦): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Source: Donadoni 1962, pl. 29.5
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Source: Monneret de Villard 1935-57: 1, fig. 41 (no. 4)
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Latest edition: Donadoni 1962, p. 94 (no. c [2]), pl. 29.5
Other editions: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 50, fig. 41 (no. 4)

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Text 994

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TrismegistosTM text 369552

Provenance: Sabagura
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: north church, north pastophorium, north wall
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by son of (?) Isousinta
Date: 900–1499
Notes

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

Description: 3 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary

Date: 900–1499
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Donadoni 1962, pl. 28.2
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Source: Monneret de Villard 1935-57: 1, fig. 41 (no. 1)
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Latest edition: Donadoni 1962, p. 93 (no. a [3]), pl. 28.2
Other editions: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 50, fig. 41 (no. 1)

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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria
Museum no.: old no. 245

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph of Iannou
Date: 600–1199
Notes

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 55; W: 29
Text dimensions
Object colour: white
Text colour
Lines: 13
Height of letters

Description: fragment of stela; no photo or tracing available
Decorative elements
State of preservation: upper part with complete upper margin and portions of the side ones; lacunary in lower part

Date: 600–1199
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 32
Other editions: Lefebvre 1902, pp. 463–4; I. Lefebvre 657

Other publications: Botti 1893, p. 196 (no. 2523; with translation) = Botti 1901, p. 301 (no. 245; without translation); Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 18 (no. 17a); Junker 1925b, p. 115; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim

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TrismegistosTM text 120453

Provenance: Ghazali
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Lepsius's expedition, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (lost)
Museum no.: ÄM 1506

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of woman Isousinta (formerly of Sochsinta)
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 45; W: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 11
Height of letters: not recorded

Description: Roughly rectangular slab, complete, apart from the lower left corner, which was chipped off, and some minor damage along the right edge. The letters in the right part of the first line are obliterated. The epigraphic field is framed by an incised line, leaving very narrow outer margins. The text ruled with incised lines; the registers are even and regular, but rising slightly upwards towards the bottom of the stone.
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, apart from lower left corner and minor damage to right margin

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Ghazali 74
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 557
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Latest edition: I. Ghazali 74
Other editions: Revillout 1885, p. 22, no. 26; Weissbrodt 1905/6, p. 18, no. 16 (partial transcription); I. Lefebvre 658; Junker 1925, p. 126, sub 2 (partial transcription); I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 33

Other publications: Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 557; Erman 1899, p. 412 (description and German translation); DACL 4/1, col. 451 (French translation); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255; Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim

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