Text 1682

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, north wall; below panel no. 15 (DBMNT 1635)
Excavation no.
gr. 28
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription left by Iesou, bishop (of Pachoras)
Date
probably 862–866
Notes
perhaps identical with Bishop Iesou (I) of Pachoras (cf. DBMNT 97)
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
 
Height of letters
 
Description
name of Iesou written vertically from bottom towards top, the word 'bishop' written in monogrammatic form
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 862–866
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
bishop (monogram): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 63.1
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 73.28
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt, pp. 81–2
Other editions
Griffith 1927, p. 91 (gr. 28), pls. 63.1, 73.28
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 190
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