upper church, room 4 (main chapel), northern side, pillar at the entrance, narrow eastern face, 180 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
Old Nubian
Content
inscription left by Metamia, priest of Church of Mary, son of Toko Mariako (or tot of Toko Mariako), eugieikshil
Date
1200–1399
Notes
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions
H: 49.5; W: 14
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
9
Height of letters
2.5-8
Description
inscription incised in plaster
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete
Date
1200–1399
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
priest of (Church) of Mary (ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛ ⳦): ll. 2–3 tot of Toko Mariako (ⲧⲟⲕⲟⲛ ⲙⲁⲣ[ⲓ]ⲁ̇ⲕⲟ⸌ⲛ⸍ ⲧⲟⲧ): ll. 5–7 (or 'son of Toko Mariako'?) eugiikshil (ⲉ̣ⲩ̄ⲅⲓⲉⲕ︥ϣⲗ︥): ll. 7–8