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4th Cataract
Abd el-Qadir
Abdallah-n Irqi
Abkanarti
Abkur
Abu Haraz
Abu Oda
Adindan
Akasha-West
Aksha
Amada
Amantogo
Amara
Aniba
Argin
Arminna
Arminna West
Ashkeit area
Ashkeit area, Bintibirra hill
Askut
Aswan
Attiri
Bakhit
Banganarti
Bauga
Begrawiya
Biga
Boni Island
Dakka (Pselchis)
Dar el-Arab
Debeiba
Debeira West
Debod
Dendur
Derr
Diffinarti
Dongola
Edfu
el-Arak
el-Doma
el-Donga
el-Fereikha
el-Ganaet(i)
el-Khandaq
el-Koro
el-Ramal
el-Usheir
el-Zuma
Fagirinfenti
Faras
Faras (Colasucia)
Figirantawu (Gendal Irqi)
Ganetti
Gebaliya Island
Gebel Abu Negila
Gebel Adda
Gebel Audun
Gebel Barkal
Gebel Ghaddar
Gebel Gorgod
Gebel Noh/Kajbar
Geteina
Gezira Dabarosa
Ghazali
Ginari
Gindinarri
Goshabi
Goz Regeb
Hag Magid
Hamadab
Hambukol
Hannek
Hindawi
Ikhmindi
Kalabsha
Kalabsha (Beit el-Wali)
Karanog
Karmel
Kasanarti
Kasanarti Island
Kasingar
Kenisa
Kertassi
Khalewa
Khor Dam el-Tor
Kirbekan
Kolotod
Komangana
Kor
Korosko East
Koya
Kudi
Kulb
Kulme island
Kulubnarti
Masida (Miseeda)
Masmas, Khor Kokmar
Masmas, Nag’ Sawesra
Meili Island
Meinarti
Meroe
Merowi East
Meshantawwo / Ukma-West
Missiminia
Mograt Island
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Mushu (Mesho)
Nag’ el-Arab
Nag’ el-Oqba
Nag’ el-Sheikh Sharaf
Nag’ el-Sheima
Nag’ Marsa Kuleig = Nag’ el-Gama
Nauri
Nawi
Nilwatti Island
not Nubian
Nuri
Ofedunia (Maharraqa)
Qasr Ibrim
Qasr Ibrim – Faras region
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Qasr Iko
Qasr Wadi Nimri
Qasr el-Wizz
Qasr’antawu (Gemai-West)
Qena
Qustul
Sabagura
Sagiet el-Abd
Sahaba
Sai
Sakinya
Sedeinga
Selib
Semna
Serra
Serra-East
Serra-West
Sheikh Arab Hag
Sheikh Daud
Sheikh Gebel
Sheima Amalika
Shirgondinarti Island
Sinesra
Soba
Sonqi Tino
Suegi-East
Sunnarti
Sur Island
Tafa
Tafa / Bab Kalabsha
Tafa – Kalabsha region
Tamit
Tangasi Island
Teiti
Tokor
Tondi
Toshkei
Tunkid
Turkab
Ukma
Ukma-East
Ukma-West
Umm Qatatia
Umm Ruweim
Umm Usher Island
unknown
Us Island
Wadi Halfa
Wadi el-Natrun
Wadi el-Sebua
Region
values:
Alwa
Butana
Egypt
Kordofan
Makuria
Nobadia
unknown
Findspot
Excavation no.
Present location
values:
Abd el-Qadir, in situ
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Ägyptisches Museum/Papyrussammlung, Berlin
Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig
Ali Dinar Museum, el-Fashir
Alexandria
Archaeological Museum, Cracow
Archiginnasio Antico, Bologna
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Aswan, Deir Anba Hadra, in situ
Banganarti
Banganarti, in situ
Berlin
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Birmingham City Museum
Bode Museum, Berlin
Bonn, private collection
Boston
British Museum, London
Budapest
Cairo
Cambridge
Collection Amherst, Norfolk
Collection Birmont, Paris
Collection Hoffmann, Paris
Collection Michaelides, Cairo
Collection Yule, Alexandria
Coptic Museum, Cairo
Deir el-Surian, Egypt
Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Dongola, in situ
Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Durham
École française, Athens
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Egyptology Department, University of Liverpool
el-Koro, left on site
el-Zuma, in situ
Elephantine Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Fowler Museum, Los Angeles
Gebel Abu Negila, in situ
Gebel Audun, in situ
Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Gebel Noh/Kajbar, in situ
Ghazali, in situ
Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria
Gulbenkian Collection, Durham
Hannek, in situ
Hermitage Museum, St Peresburg
High School of Fine Arts, Khartoum
Institut français d’archéologie orientale, Cairo
Institute of Arts, Detroit
Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”, Florence
Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin
Karmel, left on site
Kenisa, in situ
Kerma Museum
Khartoum
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
Kom Ombo
Kulme island, in situ
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Macquarie University, Sydney
Masida (Miseeda), in situ
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Meroe, in situ
Musawwarat el-Sofra, in situ
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Museo Arqueólogico Nacional, Madrid
Museo del Vicino Oriente e Mediterraneo, Rome
Museo Egizio, Turin
Museum at el-Damer
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Cambridge
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum of Natural History, La Plata (Argentina)
Museum of the Oriental Institute, Chicago
Museum of University La Sapienza, Rome
Museum of Wadi Halfa
Náprstek Museum, Prague
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
National Museum, Warsaw
not preserved
Nubia Museum, Aswan
Nuri, left on site
Nyala Museum
Oriental Institute, Chicago
Oxford
Papyrussammlung der österreichischen Bibliothek, Vienna
Petrie Museum, University
College London
Qasr Ibrim, in situ
Qasr Ibrim, left on site
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Rupprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
Sai, left on site
Sai, storeroom of the French mission
Schloss Banz, Staffelstein
Selib, in situ
Sheikhan Museum, el-Obeid
Shirgondinarti Island, in situ
Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin
Soba, in situ
Sonqi Tino, left on site
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Tunkid, in situ
University Library, Schriftmuseum J.A. Dortmond, Amsterdam
University Museum, Manchester
University of Ghana
University of Kentucky Museum of Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
unknown
Uppsala
Vatican Museum, Rome
Wadi el-Sebua, in situ
Museum no.
Date
contains
strict
non-strict
Medium
values:
architectural element
brick
coin weight
cross
figurine
icon
jewellery
lamp
manuscript
manuscript: codex
manuscript: leaf
metal object
mudstopper
ostracon
other
pottery
rock
sepulchral cross
stamp
stela
stone block
tablet
textile
unidentified
wall
Material
values:
bronze
ceramic
clay
copper
cotton
flax
glass
granite
iron
lead
leather
limestone
linen
marble
metal
mud
paper
papyrus
parchment
plaster
sandstone
silver
stone
terracotta
unidentified
wood
Technique
values:
casting
impressed
incised
incised & painted
incised & painted (inscription)
incised (graffito)
incised (inscription)
incised before firing
incised before firing & painted
incised or painted
incised or painted (graffito or dipinto)
painted
painted (dipinto)
relief
relief & incised & painted
repoussé
unidentified
Type of text
values:
acclamation
alphabet
catalogue
colophon
commemorative inscription
date
dedicatory inscription
document
document: economic
document: legal
document: letter
document: list
document: official
epitaph
foundation inscription
invocation
legend
literary
literary: apocryphal
literary: biblical
literary: hagiographic
literary: homiletic
literary: patristic
liturgical
liturgical: hymn
liturgical: lectionary
liturgical: prayer
name
name of divine entity/saint
official inscription
other
owner's inscription
private prayer
school exercise
subliterary
subliterary: catalogue of names
subliterary: horoscope
subliterary: magical
tag
unidentified
visitor's inscription
Language
values:
Arabic
Coptic
Coptic or Greek
Coptic or Old Nubian
Greek
Greek/Coptic
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Greek/Old Nubian
Old Nubian
Old Nubian & Arabic
Old Nubian/Coptic
Provençal
Syriac
unidentified
Content
Chronological system
values:
Alexandrian cycle of 532 years
day of the week
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Era of the Incarnation
Era of the Martyrs
Era of the Saracens
Era of the World Creation
indiction
indiction (Constantinopolitan)
indiction (Egyptian)
Islamic calendar
liturgical calendar
lunar calendar
king's occurrence
regnal years
Offices
Toponyms
Person no.
Person
Name no.
Name
IM Variant no.
IM Variant
values:
Name
foreign (?) (Arabic?), male (?)
foreign (?) (Arabic?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious (?)
foreign (?) (Blemmyan/Beja?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), female, unknown character
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), male (?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), non-religious (?)
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Greek?), female, unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), male, unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Greek?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Hebrew?), male (?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Latin?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), Christian
foreign (?) (Semitic?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Semitic?), female (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), unknown character
foreign (?) (non-Nubian?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (non-Nubian?), unknown character
foreign (Arabic or Blemmyan/Beja), female, unknown character
foreign (Arabic) male kunya, Islamic
foreign (Arabic) unisex, Muslim (?)
foreign (Arabic), female kunya, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), female, Muslim
foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious, indicates filiation
foreign (Arabic), female, unknown character
foreign (Arabic), male kunya, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim, indicates filiation
foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
foreign (Arabic), male, religious character
foreign (Arabic), male, unknown character
foreign (Arabic), non-religious
foreign (Arabic), unisex, non-religious
foreign (Arabic/Beja), male, non-religious, indicates filiation and ethnos
foreign (Arabicised Hebrew), male, Muslim (?)
foreign (Aramaic), female, Christian
foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
foreign (Aramaic), male, Christian
foreign (Aramaic), uncertain character
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), male (?),non-religious, indicates filiation
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), non-religious
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious
foreign (Egyptian), female, Christian (?)
foreign (Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (Egyptian), male, non-religious
foreign (Egyptian?), female, unknown character
foreign (Greco-Egyptian), female, Christian
foreign (Greco-Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (Greco-Latin), male, Christian
foreign (Greco-Semitic), female, Christian
foreign (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
foreign (Greek), Christian
foreign (Greek), female, Christian
foreign (Greek), female, non-religious
foreign (Greek), male, Christian
foreign (Greek), male, Christian (?)
foreign (Greek), male, non-religious
foreign (Greek), male, unknown character
foreign (Greek), unisex, Christian
foreign (Greek), unisex, non-religious
foreign (Greek), unknown character
foreign (Hebrew), female, Biblical
foreign (Hebrew), female, Christian
foreign (Hebrew), male, Biblical
foreign (Hebrew), male, Christian
foreign (Hebrew), unisex, Christian
foreign (Latin), female, Christian
foreign (Latin), female, non-religious
foreign (Latin), male, Christian
foreign (Latin), male, non-religious
foreign (Latin), male, unknown character
foreign (Persian), male, Christian
foreign (Semitic), Christian
foreign (Semitic), female, Christian (?)
foreign (Semitic?), unknown character
foreign (Semito-Egyptian), female, Christian
foreign (Semito-Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (non-Nubian), unknown character
foreign, Christian
ghost-name
local (?) (Arabic?), non-religious
local (?) (Egyptian), non-religious
local (?) (Egyptian?), non-religious
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), non-religious
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), non-religious, indicates origin
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), unknown character
local (?) (Greek or Greco-Nubian?), Christian
local (?) (Greek), non-religious
local (?) (Greek?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Greek?), unknown character
local (?) (Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), female (?), non-religious (?), indicates filiation (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), female (?), unknown character
local (?) (Nubian?), male (?), non-religious (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), male (?), non-religious (?), indicates filiation (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), non-religious
local (?) (Nubian?), unknown character
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), Christian
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), unknown character
local (Arabic), Christian
local (Greco-Egyptian), female, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), Christian (?)
local (Greco-Nubian), female, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), male, non-religious
local (Greco-Nubian), non-religious
local (Greco-Nubian), unknown character
local (Greco-Semitic), Christian
local (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
local (Greco?-Nubian), male, unknown character, indicates filiation
local (Greek or Nubian), non-religious
local (Greek) male, unknown character
local (Greek), Christian
local (Greek), Christian (?)
local (Greek), female, Christian
local (Greek), female, non-religious
local (Greek), male, Christian
local (Greek), male, non-religious
local (Greek), non-religious
local (Hebrew), Christian
local (Latino-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Makurian), Christian
local (Makurian), male, Christian
local (Makurian), male, non-religious
local (Makurian), male, unknown character
local (Makurian), non-religious
local (Nubian or Greco-Nubian), male, unknown character
local (Nubian or Greco-Nubian), unknown character
local (Nubian or Semito-Nubian), male, Christian (?)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Arabic)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Aramaic)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), non-religious
local (Nubian), Christian
local (Nubian), Christian (?)
local (Nubian), female (?), non-religious
local (Nubian), female, non-religious
local (Nubian), female, non-religious, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious
local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious, indicates filiation (?)
local (Nubian), male (?), unknown character
local (Nubian), male, Christian
local (Nubian), male, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male, non-religious
local (Nubian), male, non-religious, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male, unknown character
local (Nubian), male, unknown character, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), non-religious
local (Nubian), non-religious, describes physical appearance
local (Nubian), non-religious, indicates origin
local (Nubian), unisex, non-religious
local (Nubian), unknown character
local (Semito-Nubian) male, uncertain character
local (Semito-Nubian), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female (?), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Semito-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), male, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Semito-Nubian), unisex, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian: Makurian), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian (?)
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian (?), indicates filiation
local (Semito?-Nubian: Makurian), male, Christian
unidentified
unidentified, Christian (?)
Function
civil (?), high-ranking (?)
civil (?), high-ranking (?), local
civil (?), low-ranking (?)
civil (?), low-ranking (?), local (?)
civil (?), mid-ranking (?), local
civil (?), unidentified
civil (or honorific title)
civil, high-ranking
civil, high-ranking (?)
civil, high-ranking (?), local
civil, high-ranking, central
civil, high-ranking, local
civil, low-ranking
civil, low-ranking (?), local
civil, low-ranking, central (?)
civil, low-ranking, local
civil, low-ranking, local (or filiation marker)
civil, mid-ranking
civil, mid-ranking (?)
civil, mid-ranking (?), central
civil, mid-ranking (?), local
civil, mid-ranking, local
ecclesiastic (?), unidentified
ecclesiastic or monastic, unidentified
ecclesiastic, high
ecclesiastic, highest
ecclesiastic, highest (?)
ecclesiastic, lower
ecclesiastic, lower (?)
ecclesiastic, lower, female
ecclesiastic, mid-ranking
ecclesiastic, unidentified
military (?)
military (?), naval
monastic
monastic, high
monastic, highest
monastic, lower
monastic, unidentified
royal (?), female (?)
royal, female
royal, male
uncertain (civil or military)
uncertain (ecclesiastic or civil)
uncertain (monastic, ecclesiastic, or civil)
unidentified (function or title)
Title of address
ecclesiastic, male
lay, male
monastic, female
monastic, male
monastic, male, high
unidentified, male, high (?)
Epithet
civil, high
ecclesiastic, high
excellence, male
modesty, male
patronage, Christian
religious, Christian
religious, Muslim
royal (?)
royal, Christian
royal, Christian or high ecclesiastic
royal, non-religious
special
Family relation
ancestor 1 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 2 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 3 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 4 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 5 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 6 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 7 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 8 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 9 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 10 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 11 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 12 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor of so-and-so
aunt of so-and-so
brother of so-and-so
child of so-and-so
child-in-law of so-and-so
daughter of so-and-so
descendant 1 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 1 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 2 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 2 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 3 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 3 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 4 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 4 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 5 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 5 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 6 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 6 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 7 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 7 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 8 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 8 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 9 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 9 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 10 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 10 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 11 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 11 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 12 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 12 (m) of so-and-so
descendant of so-and-so
father of so-and-so
granddaughter of so-and-so
grandfather of so-and-so
grandmother of so-and-so
grandparent of so-and-so
grandson of so-and-so
great granddaughter of so-and-so
great grandfather of so-and-so
great grandmother of so-and-so
great grandparent of so-and-so
great grandson of so-and-so
husband of so-and-so
mother of so-and-so
nephew of so-and-so
parent of so-and-so
sibling of so-and-so
sister of so-and-so
son of so-and-so
spouse of so-and-so
uncle of so-and-so
wife of so-and-so
Origin
place (Egypt)
place (Egypt?)
place (Makuria)
place (Nobadia)
place (Nubia)
place (Nubia?)
place (South Arabia)
tribe/clan (Arabic-speaking)
tribe/clan (Nubian?)
Occupation
construction works
crafts
intellectual, Muslim
physical
Social status
owner, female
owner, male
patron, female
patron, male
protégé, female
protégé, male
slave
slave, female
slave, male
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4411
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Faras
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700–799
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Greek
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legend
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name of St John serving as legend to his representation
displayed below
4412
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Faras
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circa 866–circa 870
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unidentified
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legend
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letters alpha and omega accompanying painted representation of Christ
displayed below
4413
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Faras
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circa 866–circa 870
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Greek
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legend
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name of St Aaron serving as legend to his representation
displayed below
4414
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Faras
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900–970
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Greek
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legend
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word ‘cross’ serving as legend to representation of cross
displayed below
4415
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Faras
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probably 900–950
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Greek
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legend
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name of unidentified holy bishop serving as legend to his representation
displayed below
4416
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Faras
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1000–1025
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Greek
/
legend
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Trinitarian formula serving as legend to the painted representation of the Holy Trinity
displayed below
4417
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Faras
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1000–1025
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Greek
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legend
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Trinitarian formula serving as legend to the painted representation of the Holy Trinity
displayed below
4418
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Faras
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1000–1025
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Greek
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dedicatory inscription
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dedication of painting of enthroned Mary, donated by unidentified person
displayed below
4419
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Faras
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1000–1025
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Greek
/
legend
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name of Jesus Christ and word 'cross' serving as legend to representation of cross
displayed below
4420
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Faras
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975–1025
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Greek
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legend
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name of Jesus Christ and word 'cross' serving as legend to representation of cross
displayed below
4421
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Faras
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1000–1025
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Greek
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legend
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name of Jesus Christ and word 'cross' serving as legend to representation of cross
displayed below
4422
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Faras
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1000–1025
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Greek
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legend
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name of a saint warrior, probably Merkourios, serving as legend to his representation
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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, narthex, east wall; accompanying painting no. 30B (St John the Apostle)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 30B (painting)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of St John serving as legend to his representation
Date
700–799
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 120; W: ?
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
2 (vertical)
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted in two vertical lines on both sides of St John’s head
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
700–799
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, south aisle, east wall; accompanying painting no. a51 (Christ)
Excavation no.
inv. no. a51 (painting)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
unidentified
Content
letters alpha and omega accompanying painted representation of Christ
Date
circa 866–circa 870
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 82; W: 68
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black and red
Lines
1
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted on both sides of Christ’s head
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
circa 866–circa 870
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
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Jakobielski 2017 at alii, fig. on p. 196
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Jakobielski 2017 at alii, fig. on p. 197
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Jakobielski 2017 at alii, p. 197, figs. on pp. 196–7 (no. 47)
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, north aisle, north wall; accompanying painting no. a47 (St Aaron protecting a woman)
Excavation no.
inv. no. a47 (painting)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24351
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of St Aaron serving as legend to his representation
Date
circa 866–circa 870
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: ?; W: 63
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
2 vertical
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
2 lines of inscription painted on both sides of St Aaron’s head
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete
Date
circa 866–circa 870
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
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Months
Weakdays
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Jakobielski 2017 at alii, fig. on p. 198
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Jakobielski 2017 at alii, p. 199, figs. on pp. 198–9 (no. 48)
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, north aisle, north wall, west part; accompanying painting no. a44 (cross)
Excavation no.
inv. no. a44 (painting)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234750
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
word ‘cross’ serving as legend to representation of cross
Date
900–970
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 32; W: ?
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black?
Lines
1
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted on both sides of the upper arm of the cross
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; hardly legible
Date
900–970
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Jakobielski 2017 at alii, p. 201 + fig. (no. 48A)
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, south vestibule, south wall; accompanying painting no. a70 (saint bishop?)
Excavation no.
inv. no. a70 (painting)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234748
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of unidentified holy bishop serving as legend to his representation
Date
probably 900–950
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 205; W: ?
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
2 vertical
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted on both sides of the saint’s head
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
probably 900–950
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
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Feasts
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Jakobielski 2017 at alii, p. 207 (no. 51)
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, north aisle, pilaster; accompanying painting no. 20 (Holy Trinity)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 20 (painting); neg. nos. Fa.63/4.1295, Fa.63/4.1296
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
Trinitarian formula serving as legend to the painted representation of the Holy Trinity
Date
1000–1025
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
1
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted in black ink above the painting
Decorative elements
State of preservation
nearly complete at the time of discovery, but not removed from the wall
Date
1000–1025
Chronological systems
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Weakdays
Feasts
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Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 255, figs. on p. 256 (no. 72)
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Text 4417
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Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north aisle, pilaster; accompanying painting no. 20 (Holy Trinity)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 20 (painting); neg. nos. Fa.63/4.1295, Fa.63/4.1296
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24372
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
Trinitarian formula serving as legend to the painted representation of the Holy Trinity
Date
1000–1025
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
1
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted in black ink below the painting of the Holy Trinity; right above the dedicatory inscription of Staurosinkouda
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
1000–1025
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Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 255, figs. on p. 256 (no. 72)
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Text 4418
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, north vestibule, arch of entrance arcade, east side; accompanying painting no. 34 (enthroned Virgin Mary)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 34 (painting)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24332
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
dedicatory inscription
Language
Greek
Content
dedication of painting of enthroned Mary, donated by unidentified person
Date
1000–1025
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
6
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted in black ink below the painting, to the left
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
1000–1025
Chronological systems
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Weakdays
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Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 261 (no. 74)
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Text 4419
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Faras
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Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north vestibule, arch of entrance arcade, east side; accompanying painting no. 35 (cross)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 35 (painting)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of Jesus Christ and word 'cross' serving as legend to representation of cross
Date
1000–1025
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
2
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted in black ink above the cross and on both sides of its upper arm
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete
Date
1000–1025
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
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Weakdays
Feasts
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Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 264 (no. 75)
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, north aisle, north wall; accompanying painting no. 47 (enthroned Mary)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 47 (painting)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24358
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of Jesus Christ and word 'cross' serving as legend to representation of cross
Date
975–1025
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
2
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted in black ink below the figure of enthroned Mary, above the cross and on both sides of its upper arm
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete
Date
975–1025
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
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Feasts
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Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 281 (no. 83)
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Text 4421
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Faras
Region
Nobadia
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cathedral, south aisle; accompanying painting no. 53 (St Onnophrios)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 53 (painting)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24316
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of Jesus Christ and word 'cross' serving as legend to representation of cross
Date
1000–1025
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
Description
inscription painted in black ink below figure of St Onnophrios, above the cross and on both sides of its upper arm
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
1000–1025
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
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Weakdays
Feasts
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Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 302 (no. 91)
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Faras
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Nobadia
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cathedral, south aisle, south wall, fourh pilaster, north face; accompanying painting no. 78 (St Mercurius)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 78 (painting)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24352
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of a saint warrior, probably Merkourios, serving as legend to his representation
Date
1000–1025
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
1 vertical
Height of letters
Description
inscription painted in black ink to the left of the saint’s head
Decorative elements
State of preservation
fragmentary; only beginning preserved
Date
1000–1025
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
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Weakdays
Feasts
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Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 325 (no. 102)
Other editions
Górecki 1980, pp. 190–193, figs. 6 & 7
Other publications
CIEN 6, no. 67 (mistakenly referring to no. 120 in Jakobielski et alii 2017)
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