monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 7: inscription (a) on north wall; inscription (b) in rectangular niche in east wall, to the right of smaller voulted niche
Excavation no.
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
liturgical: prayer
Language
Greek
Content
liturgy of the Presanctified with subscript of Ioannes, priest
Date
1000–1199
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
(a) H: 27.8; W: 78.5 (b) H: 25; W: 38
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
(a): 9; (b): 29
Height of letters
(a) 1.6–4.8 (avarage 2–2.5) (b) 0.5–1.5
Description
inscription painted in two parts on walls of chapel; (a) on east part of north wall, (b) part on east wall, above and to the right of semicircular niche