Text 2101

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, 1st funerary chapel of Bishop Ioannes (III), west wall; accompanying painting no. 104 (Archangel Michael)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 104 (painting); neg. no. Fa.61.419
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24375
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of Archangel Michael serving as legend to his representation
Date
1005–circa 1010
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1 vertical + 3 horizontal
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted around head of archangel: to the left 1 vertical line, above 1 horizontal line, to the right 2 horizontal lines
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; obliterated; endings of lines to the right of the head in lacuna
Date
1005–circa 1010
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.61.419 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 106)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 379 (no. 123)
Other editions
Michałowski 1962a, p. 99, fig. 37, pl. 31; Michałowski 1967, p. 149, pl. 71; I. Faras Greek 117, fig. 106
Other publications
Michałowski 1962c, pp. 113–14, fig. 1; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 331
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