Text 1817

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south vestibule, south wall; accompanying painting no. 110 (Bishop Kyros)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 110 (painting); neg. nos. Fa.63/4.0002, Fa.63/4.0003, Fa.63/4.1293, Fa.63/4.1294
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24349
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of abba Kyros, bishop (of Pachoras), serving as legend to his representation
Date
circa 866–circa 870
Notes
dated on the basis of the bishops' list
the same hand as in DBMNT 2038
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 207; W: 71
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1 horizontal + 3 vertical
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
inscription painted around head of standing figure of Bishop Kyros
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
nearly complete
Date
circa 866–circa 870
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
bishop of the metropolis (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲏⲧⲣⲟⲡ[---]): l. 1 (horizontal)
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 3 (vertical)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Michałowski 1970a, il. 9
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 193, figs. on pp. 192–3 (no. 45)
Other editions
Jakobielski 1966c, p. 159, fig. 2; Michałowski 1967, p. 117, pl. 37; I. Faras Copt., p. 86, fig. 13; I. Faras Greek 14, fig. 21
Other publications
Michałowski 1970a, il. 9; Jakobielski 1974, p. 286; Catalogue Warsaw 2014, p. 110, fig. 16
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