Text 1756

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south wall, reused block; below inscription A (DBMNT 1755)
Excavation no.
S. III (B) (neg. nos. Fa.61/2.0434a, Fa.61/2.0767)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
alphabet
Language
Coptic
Content
Coptic alphabet
Date
1100–1299
Notes
the same hand as in inscriptions G, H, & I (DBMNT 1761–3)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 20.5; W: 133.5
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
red
Text colour
black
Lines
8
Height of letters
 
Description
Coptic alphabet painted on block reused in wall of church; inscription arranged in two columns, each consisting of two vertical lines
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete
Date
1100–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.61/2.0434a
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski 1965, pp. 176, 178 (no. 10B), figs. 48, 94, 95
Other editions
 
Other publications
Michałowski 1963b, p. 248, pl. 59b; Łajtar 2009a, n. 14 on p. 22
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