Text 1846

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, walled-up arcade between south aisle and south vestibule, south face; to the right of DBMNT 1847
Excavation no.
K 253a.4 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0308, Fa.62/3.0593)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
inscription left by Arwa and Aksos
Date
1200–1299
Notes
the same hand as in DBMNT 1580 & 1847
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 28; W: 107
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
four lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
1200–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
cleric of people's Great Church of Jesus (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲉ̇ⲕⲗⲓ̈ⲥⲓⲁ ⲁ̇ⲛ̄ⲟ︦ⲛ̄ ⲕⲗⲓ̈): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
people’s Great Church of Jesus (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲉ̇ⲕⲗⲓ̈ⲥⲓⲁ ⲁ̇ⲛ̄ⲟ︦ⲛ̄): l. 1
(Church of) Jesus (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦): l. 4
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0308 (Łajtar – Ochała 2017c, fig. 3)
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2017c, pp. 307–312 (no. 2), fig. 3
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., p. 172, fig. 51
Other publications
CIEN 5, no. 70; van Gerven Oei 2019, p. 86 (transcription and translation of ll. 2–4); Łajtar 2021a, fig. 12.3
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