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Provenance
Banganarti
Region
Makuria
Findspot
lower church, west end of main nave (room 18), north wall; accompanying painting of saint warrior on horseback spearing a prostrated figure (S/18/N1)
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
unidentified
Content
name of Maximianos serving as legend to the representation of prostrated man, probably emperor, speared by warrior saint on horseback
Date
900–1099
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 4; W: 8
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1
Height of letters
c. 4
Description
inscription written with black ink above the head of prostrated man speared by warrior saint on horseback
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete, only beginning preserved
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Banganarti, fig. 31
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 1 26, figs. 30 & 31
Other editions
 
Other publications
Żurawski 2011, p. 255; Deptuła 2011, p. 270; Żurawski 2012, p. 227; Żurawski 2016d, p. 44, CIEN 8, no. 129
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