Text 1844

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south pastophorium, niche in east wall; to the left of painting no. 54 (Christ Emmanuel), above DBMNT 1876
Excavation no.
J 226d.2/3 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0293, Fa.62/3.0634)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24361
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
inscription left by unidentified epideacon of abba Petrou, bishop of Pachoras
Date
974–999
Notes
dated on the basis of the bishops' list
I. Faras Greek, fig. 30 gives, in fact, photo of DBMNT 1791
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: ?; W: 15
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; lacuna at the beginning
Date
974–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
epideacon (ⲉⲡⲇ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 1
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 1
bishop of metropolis of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲣⲟ[ⲡⲟ]ⲗⲓⲥ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 1
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0293 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 41)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 28
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., pp. 134–5, fig. 41
Other publications
Quecke 1975, p. 458; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 329; Deptuła 2015, pp. 128 with n. 22, 131
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