INSCRIPTION WITH LITURGICAL HYMN FROM THE LOWER CHURCH IN BANGANARTI
INSCRIPTION WITH LITURGICAL HYMN FROM THE LOWER CHURCH IN BANGANARTI
Author(s): Agata DeptułaSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Banganarti; Lower Church; poetic ode; Greek; Byzantine Church hymn
Summary/Abstract: Study of a Greek inscription found in unit 18 of the Lower Church in Banganarti. The grammar of surviving parts suggests literary character, a larger poetic structure consisting of odes, most probably a canon, that is, a structured hymn used in the Byzantine church. The inscription proves that even aer AD 641 Byzantine liturgical texts found their way into Nubia.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: XX
- Page Range: 267-272
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English