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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: 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 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 the warrior saint, above the cross and on both sides of its upper arm
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 1000–1025
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Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 302 (no. 91)
Other editions: Górecki 1980, pp. 190–193, figs. 6 & 7

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, south pastophorium, west wall, niche to the north of the entrance to southern vestibule; accompanying painting no. 62 (St John the Baptist)
Excavation no.: inv. no. 62 (painting)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24378

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: Greek
Content: name of St John the Baptist serving as legend to his representation
Date: 950–999
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: dark red
Lines: 2 vertical
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted in dark red ink on both sides of the saint’s head
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 950–999
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Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 346, figs. on pp. 345, 347 (no. 110)
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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, south pastophorium, west wall, niche to the north of the entrance to southern vestibule; accompanying painting no. 62 (St John the Baptist)
Excavation no.: inv. no. 62 (painting)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24378

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of Gospel of John (John 1:29–33) serving as legend to the painted representation of John the Baptist
Date: 950–999
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 5
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted in black ink on the scroll held by John the Baptist
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; right part missing

Date: 950–999
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Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 346, figs. on pp. 345, 347 (no. 110)
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Other publications: Łajtar 2015–2016, pp. 134–135 (no. 88); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. F5 (cf. p. 189)

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, staircase, east wall, below south flight of stairs; accompanying painting no. 85 (Maiestas Crucis)
Excavation no.: inv. no. 85 (painting)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24360

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: unidentified
Content: names Paramura and Peourouthion serving as legend to representations of Four Living Creatures in the Maiestas Domini composition
Date: 1000–1025
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted in black ink next to the figures of Lion (Paramyra) and Ox (Peoourouthion)
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary

Date: 1000–1025
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Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 349, figs. on pp. 348–349 (no. 111)
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Other publications: Van Moorsel 1968, p. 303 (no. 1), fig. 2; CIEN 6, no. 65

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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, west pilaster of arcade between south aisle and south vestibule; accompanying painting no. 74 (Archangel Michael protecting a dignitary)
Excavation no.: inv. no. 74 (painting)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 24368

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: legend
Language: Greek
Content: name of Archangel Michael serving as legend to his representation
Date: 1100–1199
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted in black ink next to Michael’s right wing
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete

Date: 1100–1199
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Latest edition: Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 412, fig. on p. 411 (no. 135)
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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”, Florence
Museum no.: PSI inv. T 4

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Ioannes
Date: 26 November 1066
Notes: “God of the spirits” type
age formula

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 50; W: 25.5; Th: 5
Text dimensions: H: 44; W: 19
Object colour: reddish grey
Text colour
Lines: 26
Height of letters

Description: rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border on top and sides; bottom part left uninscribed
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, but broken diagonally into two roughly even pieces; minor damage to the text in ll. 14–15

Date: 26 November 1066
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲁⲑⲩ︦ⲣ · ⲗ̄ : (…) : ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯⲡ︦ⲅ̄
Transcription: Athyr 30 (...) (in the year) from the Martyrs 783 (ll. 24–25)
Months: ⲁⲑⲩ︦ⲣ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: theophoros (ⲑⲉⲟⲫⲟ̇ⲣⲟⲥ): l. 6

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Source: Stroppa 2019, pl. 2
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Latest edition: Stroppa 2019, pp. 11–17, pl. 2
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Other publications: CIEN 7, no. 34

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Provenance: Akasha-West
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Christian enclosed settlement on west bank (site 21-N-11), church, room 4, built into east wall south side of doorway, at the level of lintel
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: ostrakon
Technique: painted
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Old Nubian
Content: text of unidentified character including the invocation of Jesus Christ and two verbal forms
Date: probably 900–1099
Notes: dated by archaeological context (Edwards 2019, p. 66)

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 4
Height of letters

Description: roughly rectangular potsherd from the bottom of a vessel; inscribed on the outside with four lines of text in black ink
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: probably 900–1099
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Source: van Gerven Oei – Łajtar 2019, fig. 3
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Latest edition: van Gerven Oei – Łajtar 2019, pp. 91–2, fig. 3
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Other publications: Edwards 2019, p. 66, fig. 8c; CIEN 7, no. 40

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Provenance: Akasha-West
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Christian enclosed settlement on west bank (site 21-N-11), church, room 46
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: prayer to Archangel Michael left by one Ingat( ), priest
Date: 1000–1399
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: red
Lines: 4
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted in the upper right corner of one of the faces of mud-brick altar
Decorative elements
State of preservation: inscription complete, but obliterated in places

Date: 1000–1399
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Offices & titles: priest (⳦): l. 4

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Source: van Gerven Oei – Łajtar 2019, fig. 4
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Latest edition: van Gerven Oei – Łajtar 2019, pp. 92–6, fig. 4
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Other publications: Edwards 2019, p. 59, fig. 6; CIEN 7, no. 40

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Provenance: Askut
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: west poemorium, north end, near late Christian houses
Excavation no.
Present location: Fowler Museum, Los Angeles
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: letter
Language: Old Nubian
Content: letter from Mariam, daughter of eparch, to Chael, scribe
Date: probably 1100–1199
Notes

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: c. 5; W: c. 20
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Text colour: black
Lines: 1: 6; 2: 1
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Description: roughly rectangular piece of paper with text written in black ink on both sides: side 1 containing six lines, side 2 one line (address), written upside down in respect to the text on the other side; two horizontal folding lines and 1 (?) vertical
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State of preservation: incomplete; three big holes in the right part; right margin damaged

Date: probably 1100–1199
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Offices & titles: eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲓ): i, l. 1; ii, l. 1
scribe (?) (ⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣[ⲛⲧⲟ]ⲩ̣ⲟⲩⲉ̣): ii, l. 1

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Source: van Gerven Oei – Tsakos 2018, figs. 1–2
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Latest edition: van Gerven Oei – Tsakos 2018, pp. 91–8, figs. 1–2
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Provenance: Faras
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral, north aisle, west part, north-west pilaster, north face
Excavation no.: B 30c 3 (neg. nos. Fa.63.0585, 1307; Fa.64.0959, 1336)
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Old Nubian
Content: prayer left by anonymous woman
Date: 1000–1499
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 6.5; W: 19
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 4
Height of letters

Description: inscription of four lines painted in black ink; inscription placed to the right of a drawing represnting a standing man, and above an architectonic drawing
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete but for minor damage in two places

Date: 1000–1499
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Dating formulae
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Makowski 2016, fig. 4
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Latest edition: van Gerven Oei 2016, pp. 826–7, fig. 4
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Other publications: Makowski 2016, p. 819; CIEN 8, no. 97

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: citadel, church B.V, south pastophorium, arcade between south and north parts, west pilaster
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: commemorative inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription commemorating synod of Makurian bishops under archbishop Aaron and inauguration/renovation of the church; king Georgios mentioned
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 31; W: 72
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 9
Height of letters: c. 1.5

Description: inscription painted with black ink
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete; damaged especially in the upper and right parts

Date: 800–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
day of the week
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲧⲟⲩ ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲭⲩ︥ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲫⲓⲗⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲩ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲫ[ⲓ]ⲗ̣ⲉ̣ⲕⲕⲗ̣ⲏⲥ̣ⲓ̣[ⲟ]ⲩ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲩ ⲃⲗ︦[ⲥ]
ⲉⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ ⲕⲇ ⲧⲏ ⲧⲉⲧⲁⲣⲧⲏ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ
Transcription: of the Christ-loving, good-loving, Church-loving Georgios the King (l. 3)
in the month of Choiak, (day) 24, on the fourtj day (= Wednesday) (l. 4)
Months: ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays: ⲧⲏ ⲧⲉⲧⲁⲣⲧⲏ ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲃⲗ︦[ⲥ]): l. 3
abba ([ⲁⲃ]): l. 3; (ⲁⲃ): l. 5; (ⲁ̄ⲃ︦): l. 6 (x5); (ⲁ̄ⲃ︦): l. 7 (x2); (ⲁ̣̄ⲃ̣︦): l. 7; (ⲁ̄ⲃ︦): l. 8
metropolitan archbishop (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ̣⸍ⲉⲡⲓⲥ̣⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙ[ⲏⲧ]ⲣⲟⲡⲟⲗⲓⲧⲟⲩ): l. 4
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 5
bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 7

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): l. 5
Upper Ounger (ⲁⲛⲱ ⲟⲩⲅⲅⲉⲣ): l. 6
Sai (ⲍⲁⲏ): l. 6
Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣⲓⲙ): l. 6
Kourte (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉ): l. 7

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Derda – Łajtar 2019, fig. 3
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Latest edition: Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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Other publications: Łajtar 2020a, p. 13, fig. 10; CIEN 8, no. 100; Łajtar 2022, p. 439 with fig.

Text 4434

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: citadel, church B.V, south pastophorium, south part, west wall
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: commemorative inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription commemorating archbishop Aaron
Date: 800–999
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted with black ink accross the epitrachelion of a church dignitary, probably archbishop Aaron himself
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete

Date: 800–999
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Offices & titles: metropolitan archbishop ([ⲁ]ⲣ[⸌ⲭ⸍]ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲙⲏⲧⲣⲟ⸌ⲡ⸍): l. 1

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