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Provenance
Us island
Region
Makuria
Findspot
site US022.A (church), room D, to the left of entrance to church
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
brick
Technique
painted
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
Greek
Content
names of St Jacob the Apostle and Mary
Date
probably 1000–1299
Notes
4th Cataract
Material
clay
Object dimensions
H: 8; W: 15.9; Th: 5.9
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red
Text colour
black
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted in large characters on larger surface of the brick
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 1000–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Tsakos 2007, colour pl. 64c
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Tsakos 2007, pp. 236, 243, no. B.2, colour pl. 64c
Other editions
 
Other publications
Näser 2005b, p. 57, colour pl. 10; Näser – Billig – Lange 2007, p. 146, coulour pl. 41; Näser 2013, p. 465; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, p. 225
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