Text 1438

Provenance
Sonqi Tino
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church, room 8, west wall; to the right of painting of King Georgios protected by Christ; below DBMNT 2911
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24366
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
quotation of Psalm 62:4–5 with subscription of anonymous lord of elders, thegna of Aei, and priest of the church of the Four Living Creatures
Date
1000–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
four lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, obliterated in places
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
lord of elders (ⲅⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⳟⲟⲇ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 2
thegna of Aei (ⲁ̇ⲉⲓ ⲑⲉⲅⲛⲁ): l. 2
priest of (Church of) the Four Living Creatures (ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲁ̣ⲣⲁ ⲍⲱⲁ̇ ⳦ⲉ): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Aei (ⲁ̇ⲉⲓ): l. 2
(Church of) the Four Living Creatures (ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲁ̣ⲣⲁ ⲍⲱⲁ̇): l. 3
Source
photo V. Laisney
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; in preparation by Sonqi Tino Collaborative; mentioned in Donadoni 1975, pp. 34, 37
Other editions
 
Other publications
Donadoni 1984, p. 18; Łajtar 2003a, p. 153; Łajtar 2006, p. 96; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 129 (no. 22); Łajtar 2021a, fig. 12.4
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