Text 1664

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TrismegistosTM text 370199
Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, south wall; below gr. 8 & 9 (DBMNT 1662–3)
Excavation no.
gr. 10
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription left by unidentified son of Dauid (?)
Date
probably 738–1099
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
2 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 738–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 64.1
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 73.10
Image
Image not available
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (gr. 10), pls. 64.1, 73.10
Other editions
 
Other publications