Text 1847

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, walled-up arcade between south aisle and south vestibule, south face; to the left of DBMNT 1846
Excavation no.
K 253d.4 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0307, Fa.62/3.0592, Fa.62/3.0726)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Greek
Content
prayer left by Aksos
Date
1200–1299
Notes
the same hand as in DBMNT 1580 & 1846
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 38; W: 59
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
five lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete; a few lacunae in lines 1 and 4
Date
1200–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0726 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 52)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 172–3, fig. 52
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar – Ochała 2017c, p. 312
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