Text 1757

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south wall, reused block; to the right of inscription A (DBMNT 1755)
Excavation no.
S. III (C) (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
visitor's inscription
Language
Old Nubian
Content
inscription of Petro, most probably serving as subscription of exercise in alphabet to the left
Date
1100–1299
Notes
perhaps the same hand as inscr. A (DBMNT 1755)
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 20.5; W: 133.5
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
red
Text colour
black
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted on block reused in wall of church; apparently written by the same hand as Coptic alphabet (DBMNT 1755) located to the left and most probably forming one composition with it
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, obliterated in right-hand part
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
NOM 1, no. 7, fig. 7
Other editions
Jakobielski 1965, pp. 176, 178 (no. 10C), figs. 48, 94, 95
Other publications
Michałowski 1963b, p. 248, pl. 59b; CIEN 7, no. 37
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