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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south pastophorium, niche in east wall; to the right of painting no. 54 (Christ Emmanuel); below list of bishops (DBMNT 97)
Excavation no.
neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0289, Fa.63/4.1400
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24361
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
Greek
Content
name of St Stephen
Date
probably 800–999
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
red
Lines
3 horizontal + 1 vertical
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted in form of cross; upper part covered by later bishops' list
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; lacuna in central part
Date
probably 800–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0289
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 81
Other editions
Jakobielski 1966c, p. 154, fig. 1
Other publications
Jakobielski 1978, pp. 144–5
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