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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Griffith's cemetery 4, tomb 22
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA51768
Medium
lamp
Technique
casting
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
name of abba Pachomo
Date
500–799
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
L: 9.2; W: 5.7
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on lamp running around central panel surrounding feed-hole
Decorative elements
obscure design around feed-hole
State of preservation
object complete; inscription complete
Date
500–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA51768
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 61.3
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, pp. 72, 109, pls. 58.13, 61.3 (photo available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=671934001&objectId=101475&partId=1)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 281 (no. 1); 4, pl. 181
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