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Text 3171

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
surface find
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
unidentified
Content
monogram of Archangel Michael
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 3.2; W: 4
Text dimensions
H: +1.5; W: +1
Object colour
orange
Text colour
 
Lines
monogram (?)
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of body of vessel; inscription inside (?), on body
Decorative elements
incised (?) representation of fish on body, next to inscirption
State of preservation
vessel fragmentary; inscription incomplete
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
Lethmayer – Zach 1986, fig. 9
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Latest edition
Lethmayer - Zach 1986, p. 143, fig. 9
Other editions
 
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Text 3172

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
surface find
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
incised
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 3.5; W: 3
Text dimensions
H: ca. 2; W: +2.8
Object colour
white
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of body (?) of vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
vessel fragmentary; inscription fragmentary
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lethmayer – Zach 1986, fig. 14
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Lethmayer - Zach 1986, fig. 14
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 3173

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
owner's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified monogram
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
monogram
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription incomplete
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 33.2
Image
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Latest edition
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, gr. 2, fig. 33.2
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Text 3174

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
owner's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
perhaps monogram of Psate
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
monogram
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete (?)
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 33.9
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Image not available
Latest edition
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 33.9
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 1986: 1, fig. 237 (no. 23)
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Text 3175

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete (?)
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 33.13
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Latest edition
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 33.13
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Text 3176

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription fragmentary (?)
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 36.61
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 36.61
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Text 3177

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete (?)
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 37.63
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 37.63
Other editions
 
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Text 3178

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete (?)
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 38.81
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 38.81
Other editions
 
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Text 3179

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
pottery
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
owner's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription of Dauid
Date
600–1299
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
not recorded
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on vessel
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete (?)
Date
600–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, fig. 39.94
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Shinnie – Chittick 1961, gr. 94, fig. 39.94
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Text 3180

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
citadel, church B.V, north pastophorium, east and north walls; accompanying painting of Jesus in tondo
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted
Type of text
liturgical: prayer
Language
Greek
Content
liturgy of the Presanctified
Date
800–899
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted in two parts on walls of north pastophorium: (1) on east wall, (2) in central part of north wall
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
800–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2015c, fig. 9-2
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2015c, pp. 113–115, fig. 9-2
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar – Zielińska 2016, p. 441, no. 2; Łajtar 2020a, p. 10 n. 28; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D30 (cf. p. 193)
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Text 3181

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, narthex, right door frame of south entrance; below DBMNT 1790
Excavation no.
A 302c.2 (neg. nos. Fa.61/2.0741, Fa.61/2.0750)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription left by Iesou, cleric
Date
29 August 953–28 August 954
Notes
the same hand as in DBMNT 84 and 1790, most probably executed at the same time
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
2 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, but hardly legible in left-hand part
Date
29 August 953–28 August 954
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
cleric (ⲕ︦ⲗ︦ⲏ︦): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.61/2.0741
Image
Image not available
Source
neg. no. Fa.61/2.0750
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski 1965, p. 188 (no. 43)
Other editions
 
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Text 3182

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
unknown
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified
Date
1100–1499
Notes
 
Material
paper
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
almost square piece of paper with text written on one side, in upper part, leaving almost half of page empty; originally folded five times horizontally
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
object complete; text complete
Date
1100–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Van Gerven Oei 2014, fig. 1
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; transcription and grammatical analysis in van Gerven Oei 2014, pp. 180–2, fig. 1
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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