Text 1859

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, west part of north aisle, north wall; accompanying painting no. 43 (enthroned nursing Virgin); to the right of DBMNT 1853
Excavation no.
inv. no. 43 (painting)
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234021
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
dedicatory inscription
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
dedication of painting of enthroned Mary, donated by Ioseph, deacon of the church of Mary in Pachoras, son of Marko
Date
1000–1025
Notes
the same hand as in DBMNT 1853
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 16; W: 32
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
7
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted below painting of enthroned Virgin, to the left; enclosed within frame painted in red
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete but obliterated
Date
1000–1025
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
deacon of (church of) Mary at Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲇⲓⲁ[ⲕ]ⲟⲛ (...) ⲙⲁⲣⲓ[ⲁ ⲡ]ⲁⲭ[ⲱⲣⲁⲥ]): ll. 5–6
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(church of) Mary in Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲙⲁⲣⲓ[ⲁ ⲡ]ⲁⲭ[ⲱⲣⲁⲥ]): l. 6
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲙⲁⲣⲓ[ⲁ ⲡ]ⲁⲭ[ⲱⲣⲁⲥ]): l. 6
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496334
Image
Image not available
Source
Jakobielski 1974, fig. on p. 298
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 275, fig. on p. 274 (no. 80)
Other editions
I. Faras Copt., p. 180, fig. 62; Jakobielski 1974, pp. 298–9 (no. 33a), fig. on p. 298; Rostkowska 1982, pp. 210–11
Other publications
Michałowski 1974a, pp. 228–9 (no. 52), fig. on p. 231; Catalogue Vienna 2002, pp. 87–9 (no. 21), fig. on p. 89; I. Faras Greek 46; Catalogue Warsaw 2014, pp. 162–3, with fig. on p. 164; CIEN 6, no. 62
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