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Provenance: Nuri
Region: Makuria
Findspot: royal cemetery, pyramid Nu. 46 (unidentified owner), stair, in thieves' debris
Excavation no.: 18-1-117
Present location: Nuri, left on site (?)
Museum no.

Medium: pottery
Technique: painted
Type of text: name
Language: unidentified
Content: unidentified monogram
Date: 600–1399
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour: red
Text colour: yellow
Lines: monogram
Height of letters

Description: inscription painted on arm of amphora
Decorative elements
State of preservation: vessel fragmentary, inscription fragmentary

Date: 600–1399
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Source: Dunham 1955, fig. 144
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Dunham 1955, p. 190, fig. 144, pl. 86 D
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Provenance: Nuri
Region: Makuria
Findspot: royal cemetery, pyramid Nu. 14 (King Akhratañ), surface, near east end of stair
Excavation no.: 17-3-250
Present location: Nuri, left on site (?)
Museum no.

Medium: pottery
Technique: incised
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: monogram of Archangel Michael
Date: 600–1399
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour: red, glazed outside
Text colour
Lines: monogram
Height of letters

Description: inscription incised outside on bowl
Decorative elements
State of preservation: vessel fragmentary, inscription complete

Date: 600–1399
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Source: Dunham 1955, fig. 188
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Dunham 1955, p. 243, fig. 188
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Provenance: Tafa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery
Excavation no.
Present location: Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Museum no.: 12713

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of ‘Abd ...
Date: 4 February 968–4 March 968 or 3 April 968–2 May 968
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 61; W: 33
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters

Description: no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary, illegible in places

Date: 4 February 968–4 March 968 or 3 April 968–2 May 968
Chronological systems: Era of the Saracens

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Latest edition: Wiet 1937, p. 142 (no. 1898) (= TEI 18758)
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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-east unit (service area)
Excavation no.: D.34/91–2
Present location: Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission (?)
Museum no.

Medium: sepulchral cross
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: acclamation
Language: Greek
Content: 'light – life' acclamation
Date: 700–1299
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1 vertical
Height of letters

Description: fragment of upper arm of cross; epigraphic field framed by incised line
Decorative elements
State of preservation: object fragmentary, upper arm preserved; inscription fragmentary

Date: 700–1299
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Source: Żurawski 1995, fig. 6
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Latest edition: unpublished; illustration in Żurawski 1995, fig. 6
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Provenance: Gezira Dabarosa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: site 6-G-6, room 19
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: central cross flanked by cryptogram of Archangel Michael, abbreviated name of Archangel Gabriel, and initials of Four Living Creatures (Meliton, Agrammatap, Paramyra)
Date: 600–1499
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: not recorded
Height of letters

Description: no photo available; central cross flanked by inscriptions
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete (?)

Date: 600–1499
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, p. 44 with n. 63
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Other publications: Hewes 1964, p. 182

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Provenance: Gezira Dabarosa
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: site 6-G-6
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: other
Technique: incised
Type of text: unidentified
Language: unidentified
Content: word ⲉⲥⲁⲕⲟⲥ
Date: 600–1499
Notes

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

Description: a kind of pendant with large perforation near top; no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete (?)

Date: 600–1499
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Hewes 1964, p. 182
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Provenance: Kasanarti
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: room in one of 'unit houses', above doorway
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: name of (Archangel) Raphael
Date: 1100–1499
Notes

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

Description: inscription painted above doorway
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 1100–1499
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Latest edition: Adams 1964, p. 222
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Provenance: Abdallah-n Irqi
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: south church (= west church), main nave, near pillars, from filling
Excavation no.
Present location: Budapest (?)
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Coptic (?)
Content: unidentified inscription
Date: 700–1499
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions: fr. 1: H: 5.8; W: 4
fr. 2: H: 3.5; W: 4.9
fr. 3: H: 3.3; W: 4.2
fr. 4: H: 10.6; W: 5.2
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black (?)
Lines: 3 (?)
Height of letters: 2–2.5

Description: several non-joining pieces of plaster with traces of painted inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary

Date: 700–1499
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Source: Török 1974a, fig. 3a–c
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Török 1974b, p. 369 (inscr. 3), fig. 3a–c
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Other publications: Barkóczi – Salamon 1974, p. 314

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Provenance: Abdallah-n Irqi
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: sector C IV, room 13, filling of vault
Excavation no.: P 282
Present location: Budapest (?)
Museum no.

Medium: ostrakon
Technique: painted
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Coptic (?)
Content: unidentified text
Date: 600–750
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 10.7; W: 8.2
Text dimensions
Object colour: red-black inside, cream outside
Text colour: black
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: trapezoidal fragment body of utility ware; inscription painted in right-hand part of piece
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; right part missing

Date: 600–750
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Source: Török 1974b, fig. 7a
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Source: Török 1974b, fig. 7b
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Török 1974b, p. 369 (inscr. 7), fig. 7a–b
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Other publications: Török 1975b, pp. 370 (table), 398

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Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: 74.1.29.11.4
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Arabic
Content: deed of lease of land by Muḥammad ibn Sa'īd from Dunuw ibn Kinān
Date: 14 August 1124–12 September 1124
Notes

Material: paper
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
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Text colour
Lines: 12
Height of letters

Description: almost rectangular sheet of paper, written on one side; originally folded vertically a dozen times or so; wide lower margin left uninscribed
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete, upper right corner torn off

Date: 14 August 1124–12 September 1124
Chronological systems: Islamic calendar
Era of the Saracens

Dating formulae
Transcription: "the year five-hunderd and eighteen" (l. 5)
"in the first ten days of Rajab of the year five-hunderd and eighteen" (ll. 11–12)
Months: Rajab
Weakdays
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Toponyms & ethnonyms: Abu al-Faris (island): l. 3
Nuba: l. 3

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Latest edition: Khan 2013, pp. 149–151, fig. 1
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Provenance: Abdallah-n Irqi
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: sector C IV, rooms 17–18, surface find
Excavation no.: P 278
Present location: Budapest (?)
Museum no.

Medium: pottery
Technique: incised
Type of text: unidentified
Language: unidentified
Content: single letter alpha (or part of monogram)
Date: 600–750
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions: H: 2; W: 2
Object colour: yellow-orange outside, grey-violet inside
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: fragment of storage jar; inscription incised on body, outside
Decorative elements
State of preservation: vessel fragmentary, inscription complete (?)

Date: 600–750
Chronological systems

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Source: Török 1974b, fig. 11
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Török 1974b, p. 370 (inscr. 11), fig. 11
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Other publications: Török 1975b, pp. 370 (table), 398

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Provenance: Abdallah-n Irqi
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: sector C III, room 31
Excavation no.: P 280
Present location: Budapest (?)
Museum no.

Medium: pottery
Technique: incised
Type of text: owner's inscription
Language: unidentified
Content: inscription of Agapos
Date: 600–750
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: Diam. base: 12
Text dimensions: H: 1.9; W: 5
Object colour: dark red
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: lower part of footed bowl; inscription incised inside (?) vessel, on bottom
Decorative elements
State of preservation: vessel fragmentary, inscription complete (?)

Date: 600–750
Chronological systems

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Source: Török 1974b, fig. 12a
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Source: Török 1974b, fig. 12b
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Latest edition: Török 1974b, p. 370 (inscr. 13), fig. 12a–b
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Other publications: Török 1975b, pp. 368 (table), 398, 427–8

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