monastery on kom H, north-west annex, crypt 1 (grave 28) under room 5, north wall
Excavation no.
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
subliterary
Language
Greek
Content
text consisting of 3 parts: 'Prayer of Mary «Ad Bartos»', 'Solomon's seal', and 'Liturgical prayer' (plus subscription of scribe Ioannes)
Date
1100–1199
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
H: 87; W: 213
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
56
Height of letters
0.6–3.4
Description
inscription occupying almost whole surface of wall; in E part text shaped in form of steps and framed by painted line; letters bigger in upper part and smaller in the lower one
Decorative elements
State of preservation
almost complete; some lacunae occurring throughout, especially in lower part
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, pp. 80–125, no. 9, fig. 17
Other editions
Other publications
Jakobielski 1994, pp. 119–122, fig. 3; Jakobielski 1995a, pp. 40–43; Żurawski 1999a, pp. 222–224, figs. 16, 20, 21; Żurawski 1999b, pp. 427–428, fig. 15; Jakobielski 2001c, pp. 164–165, pl. 21.3; Welsby 2002, pp. 53, 66, 103–104, pl. 1; Sheridan 2004, pp. 393–394; Catalogue Warsaw 2006, pp. 28–29; Brakmann 2006, p. 297; van der Vliet 2011b, pp. 555–574; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2012, pp. 330–337, esp. 334; Godlewski 2013a, p. 87; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2015, pp. 112–118; CIEN 5, no. 73; Obłuski 2019, table 5, sub 3; Łajtar 2020a, p. 14, fig. 11; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D18 & D22 (cf. pp. 188, 194)