Text 2896

Provenance
Sonqi Tino
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church, room 6 (south vestibule), west wall; painted across painting of Three Youths
Excavation no.
DON4, 8, 10, 17–18
Present location
Vatican Museum, Rome
Museum no.
MV 42323
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
prayer left by Anatol of Great Church of Jesus
Date
1000–1399
Notes
lines 1, 2, 5 in Greek; lines 3–4 in Old Nubian
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
painted inscription extending over painting representing Three Youths in Fiery Furnace; composed of four parts: (1), (2), & (3) prayers to Archangel Michael in Greek (ll. 1–2, 5); (3) Old Nubian text of biographical (?) character; (4) subscript of the author in Greek; line 2 too long to fit the available space, hence its ending arranged vertically at the end; line 1 written in bigger script
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, slightly obliterated in places
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
cleric of Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ [ⲙ]ⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲕⲗ[ⲏ]): l. 2
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
thegna of --- ([ 4–5 ]ⲡ̣ⲁⲣⲕⲉ ⲑⲉⲅ̣ⲛ̣ⲁ̣): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Great People’s Church of Jesus (ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲉⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲟ̅ⲛ̣̅): l. 1 (ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲉⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁⲛ̣ ⲁⲛ︦ⲟ︦ⲛ): l. 5
Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ [ⲙ]ⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲕⲗ[ⲏ]): l. 2
(Church of) Four Living Creatures (ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲍⲱⲁ): l. 5
Source
Laisney 2012, fig. 8
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Laisney 2012, p. 610 (nos. 12–14), figs. 9–10 (fragmentary edition); cf. p. 604 with fig. 8 (description of composition)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Donadoni 1975, pp. 31, 33, 37–8; Amenta 2012, figs. 1, 2, 5–6, 7h
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