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Provenance
Banganarti
Region
Makuria
Findspot
upper church, entrance to room 11, pillar on the western side, northern face, 4.5 cm away from the eastern edge of the pillar, 130 cm above the floor
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription left by Paper, junior (?) king of Dongola
Date
probably 1350–1399
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 15; W:37.5
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
4.2-11.3
Description
inscription incised in plaster
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 1350–1399
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ἐγὼ ⲡⲁⲡⲉⲣ β(ασι)λ(εὺς)βρέφ(ος) ἰστι
Transcription
I, Paper, being the junior (?) King of the town of Toungoul.
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
small king of town of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲃ̄ⲗ︦ⲥ̄ ⲃⲣⲉ⸌ⲫ⸍): ll. 1–2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
town of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍): l. 1
Source
I. Banganarti 2, fig. 89
Image
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Source
I. Banganarti 2, fig. on p. 130
Image
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Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 64, fig. on p. 130, fig. 89
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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