Text 2078

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south vestibule
Excavation no.
K 257 (neg. nos. Fa.63/4.0825, Fa.63/4.0826)
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
subliterary
Language
Greek
Content
cross with inscription on its horizontal bar, accompanied by two another inscriptions: one listing military saints (Merkourios, Theodoros, Georgios, and Menas), the other mentioning John Chrysostom
Date
1000–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: 1; ii: 4; iii: 3
Height of letters
 
Description
three inscriptions incised by one hand: (i) on horizontal bar of cross; (ii) above left arm of cross; (iii) above cross extending far to the right
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
i and ii complete; iii destroyed in middle part
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.63/4.0825 (= I. Faras Greek, fig. 74)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 2002, p. 180
Other editions
I. Faras Greek 84, fig. 74
Other publications
 
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