Two Private Prayers in Wall Inscriptions in the Faras Cathedral

Abstract

The present paper aims at analysing two inscriptions from the Faras Cathedral. Both contain prayers addressed to God by certain individuals. The first of them is in Greek and is modelled on Ps. 85:1–2; the second is an original composition in Old Nubian with information about the protagonist and the author in Greek. The publication gives the description of inscriptions, transcript of texts with critical apparatus, translation, and commentary elucidating all significant aspects of the texts.

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Adam Łajtar, Grzegorz Ochała

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  • EP ID EP266010
  • DOI 10.12775/EtudTrav.30.015
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Adam Łajtar, Grzegorz Ochała (2017). Two Private Prayers in Wall Inscriptions in the Faras Cathedral. Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 0(), 303-314. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-266010