Text 1665

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Anchorite's Grotto, south wall; above first text (Gospel of Matthew) of panel no. 25 (DBMNT 1644)
Excavation no.
gr. 11
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Old Nubian
Content
inscription left by King Stephanos
Date
before 1027–before 1057
Notes
dated to 11th cent., provided that King Stepahnos is identical with King Stephanos from DBMNT 2234
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; ending of l. 2 obliterated
Date
before 1027–before 1057
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲁⲓ̣̈ ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲏⲗ
Transcription
"I, King Stephanos" (ll. 1–2)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲏⲗ): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1927, pl. 73.11
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 190
Other editions
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (gr. 11), pl. 73.11
Other publications
 
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