DBMNT

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: commemorative inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Adelph( ), cleric, son of Dauid Marturophorou, for the rest of a notary
Date: 1100–1299
Notes

Description: 5 lines of inscription incised in plaster in step-like composition: long l. 1, considerably shorter l. 2, placed more or less under the middle part of l. 1, and still shorter ll. 3-4, situated under the middle part of l. 2; ll. 2-5 surrounded by painted frame on all sides except for the top, consisting of double lines on both sides of l. 2 and single line on all remaining sides
Decorative elements: ll. 2–5 enclosed from 3 sides within frame decorated at the bottom with ornament consisting of 2 hanging half-volutes with triangular element protruding from them to the bottom
State of preservation: complete but for a small lacuna in central part of l. 1

Dating formulae: ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲕⲉⲩⲏ̇ ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲥⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓ ⲫⲁⲙ⸌ⲑ⸍ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ
Transcription: "on Friday, on the fifth day of the moon, in the month of Phamenoth" (ll. 3–5)
Months: ⲫⲁⲙ⸌ⲑ⸍
Weakdays: ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲕⲉⲩⲏ̇
Feasts

Offices & titles: cleric of Great (Church of) Jesus at Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲧⲓⲙⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲕⲗⲏⲣⲓⲕⲟⲩ): l. 1
great notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Great (Church of) Jesus at Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲧⲓⲙⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 1
Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 1

Other publications: Łajtar 2008b, pp. 399–400 (translation and intepretation), fig. 2; I. QI, n. 111 on p. 92 (sub 5); Łajtar 2015b, pp. 235, 238; Łajtar – Ochała 2017c, p. 310; Łajtar 2021b, pp. 36–37

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