Text 1819

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south vestibule, east wall; accompanying painting no. 69 (Bishop Marianou protected by Christ and Virgin with Child)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 69 (painting); neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0776, Fa.63/4.1211, Fa.63/4.1360
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234036 + 234753 + 234754
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
legend to painting of abba Marianou, bishop of Pachoras, under protection of Christ and Virgin Mary with Child
Date
1005–1036
Notes
dated on the basis of the bishops' list
the same hand as in DBMNT 1841
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
1: H: 26; W: 25
2: H: 24; W: 32
3: ?
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1: 1 vertical + 1 horizontal;
2: 6
3: 5
Height of letters
 
Description
three painted inscriptions accompanying figures in the scene of Bishop Marianos under protection of Mary and Christ: (1) around Mary's head; (2) to the left of Christ’s head; (3) above (3 lines) and to the right (2 lines) of Marianou's head
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; lower part of (2) damaged; left part of (3) lost
Date
1005–1036
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁ̇ⲃⲃⲁ): ii, l. 2; (ⲁ̄ⲃ︦): iii, l. 3
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲣⲁⲥ): ii, l. 3; (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): iii, l. 1; (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲣⲁⲥ): iii, l. 5
orthodox bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲣⲁⲥ ⲟ̇ⲣⲑⲟ[ⲇ]ⲟⲝⲟⲥ): ii, l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲣⲁⲥ): ii, l. 3, iii, l. 5; (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): iii, l. 1
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496350
Image
Image not available
Source
Jakobielski 1974, figs. on p. 294
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 309, fig. on p. 313 (no. 95)
Other editions
Jakobielski 1966c, pp. 164–6, fig. 5; Michałowski 1967, pp. 157–9, pls. 80–3; Jakobielski 1974, p. 292 (no. 19) + figs.; I. Faras Greek 17, fig. 24
Other publications
(selection) Michałowski 1964a, pp. 201–2, n. 16, pl. 42a; Michałowski 1964b, p. 91, fig. 1; Michałowski 1966a, pp. 19–21, pl. 15.1; Michałowski 1970a, il. 4; Plumley 1971, p. 77, fig. 1; I. Faras Copt., pp. 143, 145, fig. 44; Michałowski 1974a, pp. 208–15 (no. 45), fig. on p. 212; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 327; Catalogue Vienna 2002, pp. 86–7 (no. 19), fig. on p. 86; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 128–9; Catalogue Warsaw 2014, pp. 150–1 (with fig.); CIEN 6, no. 64
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