Text 1845

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, west pilaster of arcade between south aisle and south vestibule; accompanying painting no. 74A (corss); overpainted by painting no. 74 (nobleman under protection of Archangel)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 74A (painting); neg. no. Fa.63/4.1263, Fa.63/4.1264, Fa.63/4.1265, Fa.63/4.1379
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24368
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
commemorative inscription for two bishops of Faras, perhaps Marianos and Ioannes (III)
Date
1005–1036
Notes
dated on the basis of the bishops' list
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription accompanying painting of an ornamental cross, painted in black ink above it
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; central and left parts destroyed; nscription overpainted by later mural
Date
1005–1036
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃⲃ[ⲁ]): l. 2; (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 3
bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ · ⲡⲁⲭ̣[---]): l. 2; (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲩ · ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲣⲁⲥ): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭ̣[---]): l. 2; (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲣⲁⲥ): l. 3
Source
neg. no. Fa.63/4.1264
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 321 + fig. (no. 99)
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., pp. 152–3, fig. 46
Other publications
 
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