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Provenance
Banganarti
Region
Makuria
Findspot
upper church, room 11, near the southern end of the wall, between the large figure of an archangel and a corner formed by the eastern wall of room 11 and an (unpreserved) pillar added to it on their south, at the top of the preserved portion of the plaster, 241 cm away from the sandstone portal, 101 cm above the floor
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription left by Shadau, deacon of the Great Church of Jesus, son of Apatte (or: Thegna of Apatte)
Date
1200–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 18.5; W: 54.5
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
3.2-9.7
Description
inscription incised in plaster
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
1200–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon of the Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲇⲓ̣ⲁ̣⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 1
thegna of Apatte (ⲁⲡⲁⲧⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ̣ⲅ̣ⲛ̣ⲁ): l. 2 (or 'son of Apatte'?)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 1
Apatte (ⲁⲡⲁⲧⲧⲉ): l. 2 (or personal name?)
Source
I. Banganarti 2, fig. 87
Image
Image not available
Source
I. Banganarti 2, fig. on p. 123
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 45, fig. on p. 123, figs. 22, 86–87
Other editions
 
Other publications
Żurawski 2014a, p. 178, fig. 6 top
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