Text 93

Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south pastophorium, niche in east wall; to the left of painting no. 54 (Christ Emmanuel), above DBMNT 1876
Excavation no.
J 226b.2 (neg. nos. Fa.62/3.0293, Fa.62/3.0634, Fa.62/3.1053, Fa.62/3.1054, Fa.63/4.1393, Fa.63/4.1401)
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 24361
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
date
Language
unidentified
Content
date
Date
6 August 939
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 11; W: 36
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
two lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
beginning of line 1 damaged, line 2 difficult to read
Date
6 August 939
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
: ⲁⲡⲟ⸌ⲇ⸍ : ⲭ̄︤ⲛ︦ⲉ︥̄ : ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲣ̄︤ⲏ︥̄ : ⲓ︦ⲅ︥̄
Transcription
"(in the year) from Diocletian 655, Mesore 13" (ll. 1–2)
Months
ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲣ̄︤ⲏ︥̄
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
neg. no. Fa.62/3.0293 (= I. Faras Copt., fig. 30)
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 115–16, fig. 30
Other editions
 
Other publications
Jakobielski 1966c, p. 154, n. 5; Michałowski 1966a, p. 15; Michałowski 1967, p. 7; CSBE(2), p. 79
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