Text 1341

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 2a, east wall, north part; above DBMNT 560
Excavation no.
unknown
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
inscription commemorating abba Georgios, archbishop and archistylites of the monastery of the Holy Trinity, containing Psalm 129:2–8
Date
1063–1113
Notes
Psalm in Old Nubian (ll. 1–9), acclamation of Georgios in Greek (ll. 9–10)
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 32; W: 68
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
10
Height of letters
1.1–3
Description
inscription painted on plaster
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
text incomplete; lower part preserved
Date
1063–1113
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃ): l. 9
orthodox archbishop (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ): l. 9
archistylites of (monastery of) the Holy Trinity (ⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲅⲓⲁⲥ): l. 10
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(monastery of) the Holy Trinity (ⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲅⲓⲁⲥ): l. 10
Source
 
Image
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Source
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, fig. on p. 23
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, pp. 22–5, no. II, fig. on p. 23
Other editions
Browne 2004b, p. 61 (Psalm); Łajtar – Pluskota 2001, pp. 347–8, pl. 20 (Greek subscription); Browne 2006a (Psalm) + Łajtar 2002, pp. 188–9, no. 3 (subscription)
Other publications
Jakobielski – Pluskota – Żurawski 1993, p. 295, fig. 7; Łajtar 1995, p. 53; Browne 2000f, pp. 139–40; Godlewski 2013b, pp. 667, 669, fig. 5; CIEN 5, no. 73
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