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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south aisle, south wall, to the right of north entrance to south pastophorium; near painting no. 101 (unidentified bishop)
Excavation no.
E 246h.3
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
perhaps commemorative inscription of Bishop Aaron (II)
Date
1150–1199
Notes
most probably Bishop Aaron II; dated on the basis of the bishops' list
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 18; W: 19
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
4 lines of inscription painted to the left of figure of Bishop Aaron
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
1150–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 1
orthodox bishop (ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲝⲟ⸌ⲥ⸍ ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 123–5, fig. 34
Other editions
 
Other publications
I. Faras Greek 92; Jakobielski 1975a, pp. 331–2; Jakobielski 2001d, p. 72; Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 406
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