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Text 3061

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified; phase 5
Excavation no.
not recorded
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
cryptogram of Archangel Michael
Date
1200–1350
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised before firing (?) on knob of qadus
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
1200–1350
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
Adams 2002, fig. 20
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Latest edition
unpublished; illustrated in Adams 1986: 1, fig. 209 (36-10)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 2002, fig. 20
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Text 3062

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified; phase 5
Excavation no.
not recorded
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
monogram of Archangel Michael
Date
1200–1350
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
monogram
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
1200–1350
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
Adams 2002, fig. 21
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Latest edition
unpublished; illustrated in Adams 2002, fig. 21
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 3063

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified; phase 5
Excavation no.
not recorded
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
1200–1350
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
1200–1350
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Adams 2002, fig. 21
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Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustrated in Adams 2002, fig. 21
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 3064

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
building II-III, room 25
Excavation no.
not recorded
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
1200–1350
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete (?)
Date
1200–1350
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Adams 2002, fig. 21
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Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustrated in Adams 1986: 1, fig. 236 (no. 29)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 2002, fig. 21
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Text 3065

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified; phase 3b
Excavation no.
740
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 15336
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
single letter alpha
Date
750–850
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription incised on bowl
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete (?)
Date
750–850
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (⳦): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
Adams 2001, fig. 37
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Latest edition
unpublished; illustrated in Adams 2001, p. 36, fig. 37, pl. 25b, 1, table 5 on p. 26
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 3066

Provenance
Wadi el-Sebua
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
temple-church, south aisle, pillar I (SE), west face; above DBMNT 3067
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
CM 11452
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of incised inscription; interpreted by Gauthier as the same with two inscriptions below it (DBMNT 3067 and 2294)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Maspero (G.) 1911b: 2, pl. 127A
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Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 2
Other editions
Gauthier, in: Maspero (G.) 1911b: 1, p. 118 (no. 3); 2, pl. 127A; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 87; 4, pl. 140
Other publications
 
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Text 3067

Provenance
Wadi el-Sebua
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
temple-church, south aisle, pillar I (SE), west face; under DBMNT 3066 and above DBMNT 2294
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
CM 11452
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of incised inscription; interpreted by Gauthier as the same with two inscriptions above and below it (DBMNT 3067 and 2294)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Maspero (G.) 1911b: 2, pl. 127A
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 3
Other editions
Gauthier, in: Maspero (G.) 1911b: 1, p. 118 (no. 3); 2, pl. 127A; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 87; 4, pl. 140
Other publications
 
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Text 3068

Provenance
Wadi el-Sebua
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
temple-church, north pastophorium, pillar XI, east face; below and to the right of DBMNT 2295
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
CM 11544
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
invocation
Language
Greek
Content
invocation of God Almighty
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: c. 5; W: c. 23
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
one line of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete, ending of the line lost
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Maspero (G.) 1911b: 2, pl. 131A
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 15
Other editions
Gauthier, in: Maspero (G.) 1911b: 1, p. 118 (no. 1); 2, pl. 131A; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 87
Other publications
 
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Text 3069

Provenance
Abu Oda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church in temple of Horemheb; main chamber; S wall, E end; to the left of DBMNT 1547
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
1000–1499
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription of two lines incised in plaster; Griffith thought that letters below l. 2 of DBMNT 1547 belonged to the same text, but they are in fact ending of l. 2 of this inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
1000–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Griffith 1913, p. 66 (no. 15c); illustration in Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Other editions
 
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 175
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Text 3071

Provenance
Abu Oda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church in temple of Horemheb; main chamber; S wall, E end; to the right of DBMNT 3070
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
1000–1499
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1 or 2
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription of one or two lines incised in plaster
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only beginning and ending of l. 1 and perhaps traces of l. 2 preserved
Date
1000–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 3072

Provenance
Abu Oda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church in temple of Horemheb; main chamber; S wall, E end; below DBMNT 1551
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
1000–1499
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription of two lines incised in plaster
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; beginning of l. 2 completely destroyed, rest hardly legible
Date
1000–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 3073

Provenance
Abu Oda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church in temple of Horemheb; main chamber; S wall, E end; to the right of DBMNT 1547, above DBMNT 1550, 3070, and 1551
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified inscription, perhaps legend to painting visible below
Date
1000–1099
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
long painted inscription in one line
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete (?) but strongly obliterated
Date
1000–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Beinlich 2012: 4, p. B0744
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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