Text 1536

Provenance
Amada
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
temple, roof of naos
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified inscription, perhaps mentioning king David (?)
Date
1000–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised in stone roof of naos
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
apparently complete, but hardly legible; strongly obliterated, especially in central and lower parts
Date
1000–1499
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲟⲩⲣ̣ⲟⲩ ⲇ̣ⲁⲇ
Transcription
"King David" (l. 1)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣ̣ⲟⲩ): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Dirr (?) (ⲇⲟⲩⲣ): l. 3
Source
Beinlich 2012: 4, pp. B0734–B0736
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1913, p. 62 (no. 5)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 96; Monneret de Villard 1938, p. 142; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 131; Beinlich 2012: 4, pp. B0734–B0736
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