Adam Łajtar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4045948 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Łajtar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Łajtar |
| SIGNATURE | ŁAJTAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3842-2180 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bishops and Bishoprics in Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia (Fourth-Fourteenth Centuries)
Language Use and Literacy in Late Antique and Medieval Nubia
This chapter is an overview of the current knowledge about the linguistic situation in the Middle Nile valley in Late Antiquity and Middle Ages. Throughout this long period as many as five languages were employed in this region as a means of written communication: Meroitic, Greek, Sahidic Coptic, Old Nubian, and Arabic. In the first part of the paper, we discuss the use of all these languages from chronological, both diachronic and synchronic, as…
A Weight of Seleucia in Pieria in Nea Paphos
Archaeological excavations carried out by a mission from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Archaeology on the site of the agora of Nea Paphos in Cyprus brought to light a lead weight with a Greek inscription giving the year 251 of an era and mentioning an agoranomos with the name Seleukos. On the basis of parallels, the author demonstrates that the weight must have been issued by the North Syrian city of Seleucia in Pieria, and the era use…
A Fragment of a Liturgical Calendar from Gebel Adda (Egyptian Nubia)
Gebel Adda was an important settlement located on the east Nile bank, some dozens of kilometres north of the second cataract. It was inhabited from at least the beginning of the Common Era until modern times, with its heyday being in the Christian period (6th-15th centuries), especially towards the end of it. During those late-Christian times, the site, known as Atwa in internal Nubian sources and Daw in external Arabic ones, apparently performed…
Dongola 2015-2016. Fieldwork, conservation and site management
This type of church, quite unusual for Nubian church architecture, was probably transplanted
Epitaph of Merki Found in Hambukol
The article offers editio princeps of a Greek epitaph discovered during the archaeological work of the Canadian Mission in Hambukol, a locality situated on the right-hand bank of the Nile, several kilometres to the north of Dongola, the capital of the Christian Nubian Kingdom of Makuria. The epitaph, constructed with the prayer ‘God of spirits and all flesh’, is dated to the ninth century on contextual and palaeographic grounds. It commemorates a…
Two Old Nubian Inscriptions from Akasha West
The present paper analyses two Old Nubian inscriptions found at a church in Akasha West in 1969. The first inscription was found on an ostracon and invokes Jesus Christ. The second inscription was found on the altar inside the church’s sanctuary, and refers to the Holy Altar of Michael. The publication gives a description of the inscription, a transcription with critical apparatus, and a grammatical and general commentary on the text
Bemerkungen zu Papyri XXVIII ( 832–854)
A Faction Acclamation Incised on a Pithos Found Near the North-West Church at Hippos (Sussita)
In one of the domestic rooms attached to the North-West Church at Hippos (Sussita), at least three ceramic pithoi were found, all of them in secondary use, possibly for the processing (storing?) of lime. One of them bore an inscription in Greek, scratched into its surface, which turned out to be an acclamation for the circus faction of the Blues. This interesting addition to the corpus of the factions’ inscriptions from Syro-Palestine is also len…
Two Private Prayers in Wall Inscriptions in the Faras Cathedral
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 eluc…
Medicinal Vessels from Tell Atrib (Egypt)
This article offers publication of seventeen miniature vessels discovered in Hellenistic strata of Athribis (modern Tell Atrib) during excavations carried out by Polish-Egyptian Mission in the 1980s/1990s. The vessels, made of clay, faience and bronze, are mostly imports from various areas within the Mediterranean, including Sicily and Lycia, and more rarely – local imitations of imported forms. Two vessels carry stamps with Greek inscriptions, i…
An Unexpected Guest in the Church of Sonqi Tino (Notes on Medieval Nubian Toponymy 4)
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Wall inscriptions in the Southwest Annex to the Monastery on Kom H at Dongola
The article offers an overview of wall inscriptions from the Southwest Annex to the Monastery on Kom H at Dongola documented in the 2013 season. The collection consists of 49 items. They can be divided into two categories: integral elements of the original decoration of the Annex and elements that were introduced when the Annex was in use, mostly by lay visitors. The two categories are described and the most interesting items are presented in gre…
Une inscription métrique de Lambaesis (CIL, VIII, 2581 ; F. Buecheler, Carmina Latina epigraphica, 1527) et la statue du dieu illyrien Médaure
L’inscription métrique de Lambaesis en Afrique du Nord, camp de la legio III Augusta, a fourni des informations sur Risinium (nom grec : Rhizon, aujourd'hui Risan au Monténégro, dans les Bouches de Kotor), en contribuant dans le même temps à la compréhension de certains phénomènes religieux et artistiques concernant l’Empire romain dans son ensemble. Érigée par un légat de cette légion, l’inscription décrit la statue équestre du dieu illyrien Méd…
A Newly Discovered Greek Inscription at Novae (Moesia Inferior) Associated with pastus militum
A stone found in 2011 at Novae contains two inscriptions (one in Greek, die other one is not recognisable) and seems to have been the base of a statue. The inscription was authored by two primipilarii, which were in the time of the erection of the monument (366 or 399/400) civilian officials employed by provincial governors and were responsible for supplying the legionaries stationing on the limes (pastus primipili or pastus militum). A list of d…
Old Nubian Texts from Gebel Adda in the Royal Ontario Museum
Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies Warsaw University, 27 August-2 September 2006. Part 2, fascicule 1. Session Papers
Between the Cataracts. Part 2, vol. 1-2 kończy publikację akt 11. Międzynarodowego Kongresu Studiów Nubiologicznych, który odbył się w 2006 roku w Warszawie. Tom 1 ukazał się w 2008 roku i zawierał referaty wygłoszone przez 17 czołowych badaczy
Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies Warsaw University, 27 August-2 September 2006. Part 2, fascicule 2. Session Papers
Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference for Nubian Studies Warsaw University 27 August-2 September 2006. Part 1. Main Papers
Isopsephy in a Greek Inscription from Wadi Haggag, Sinai
An Unexpected Guest in the Church of Sonqi Tino (Notes on Medieval Nubian Toponymy 4)
Old Nubian Texts from Gebel Adda in the Royal Ontario Museum
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Name (Notes on Medieval Nubian Toponymy 3
Isopsephy in a Greek Inscription from Wadi Haggag, Sinai
Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference for Nubian Studies Warsaw University 27 August-2 September 2006. Part 1. Main Papers
Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies Warsaw University, 27 August-2 September 2006. Part 2, fascicule 1. Session Papers
Between the Cataracts. Part 2, vol. 1-2 kończy publikację akt 11. Międzynarodowego Kongresu Studiów Nubiologicznych, który odbył się w 2006 roku w Warszawie. Tom 1 ukazał się w 2008 roku i zawierał referaty wygłoszone przez 17 czołowych badaczy
Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies Warsaw University, 27 August-2 September 2006. Part 2, fascicule 2. Session Papers
Une inscription métrique de Lambaesis (CIL, VIII, 2581 ; F. Buecheler, Carmina Latina epigraphica, 1527) et la statue du dieu illyrien Médaure
L’inscription métrique de Lambaesis en Afrique du Nord, camp de la legio III Augusta, a fourni des informations sur Risinium (nom grec : Rhizon, aujourd'hui Risan au Monténégro, dans les Bouches de Kotor), en contribuant dans le même temps à la compréhension de certains phénomènes religieux et artistiques concernant l’Empire romain dans son ensemble. Érigée par un légat de cette légion, l’inscription décrit la statue équestre du dieu illyrien Méd…
A Newly Discovered Greek Inscription at Novae (Moesia Inferior) Associated with pastus militum
A stone found in 2011 at Novae contains two inscriptions (one in Greek, die other one is not recognisable) and seems to have been the base of a statue. The inscription was authored by two primipilarii, which were in the time of the erection of the monument (366 or 399/400) civilian officials employed by provincial governors and were responsible for supplying the legionaries stationing on the limes (pastus primipili or pastus militum). A list of d…
Old Nubian Texts from Gebel Adda in the Royal Ontario Museum
Wall inscriptions in the Southwest Annex to the Monastery on Kom H at Dongola
The article offers an overview of wall inscriptions from the Southwest Annex to the Monastery on Kom H at Dongola documented in the 2013 season. The collection consists of 49 items. They can be divided into two categories: integral elements of the original decoration of the Annex and elements that were introduced when the Annex was in use, mostly by lay visitors. The two categories are described and the most interesting items are presented in gre…
A Faction Acclamation Incised on a Pithos Found Near the North-West Church at Hippos (Sussita)
In one of the domestic rooms attached to the North-West Church at Hippos (Sussita), at least three ceramic pithoi were found, all of them in secondary use, possibly for the processing (storing?) of lime. One of them bore an inscription in Greek, scratched into its surface, which turned out to be an acclamation for the circus faction of the Blues. This interesting addition to the corpus of the factions’ inscriptions from Syro-Palestine is also len…
Two Private Prayers in Wall Inscriptions in the Faras Cathedral
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 eluc…
Medicinal Vessels from Tell Atrib (Egypt)
This article offers publication of seventeen miniature vessels discovered in Hellenistic strata of Athribis (modern Tell Atrib) during excavations carried out by Polish-Egyptian Mission in the 1980s/1990s. The vessels, made of clay, faience and bronze, are mostly imports from various areas within the Mediterranean, including Sicily and Lycia, and more rarely – local imitations of imported forms. Two vessels carry stamps with Greek inscriptions, i…
An Unexpected Guest in the Church of Sonqi Tino (Notes on Medieval Nubian Toponymy 4)
Ase
Name (Notes on Medieval Nubian Toponymy 3
Bemerkungen zu Papyri XXVIII ( 832–854)
Dongola 2015-2016. Fieldwork, conservation and site management
This type of church, quite unusual for Nubian church architecture, was probably transplanted
Epitaph of Merki Found in Hambukol
The article offers editio princeps of a Greek epitaph discovered during the archaeological work of the Canadian Mission in Hambukol, a locality situated on the right-hand bank of the Nile, several kilometres to the north of Dongola, the capital of the Christian Nubian Kingdom of Makuria. The epitaph, constructed with the prayer ‘God of spirits and all flesh’, is dated to the ninth century on contextual and palaeographic grounds. It commemorates a…
Two Old Nubian Inscriptions from Akasha West
The present paper analyses two Old Nubian inscriptions found at a church in Akasha West in 1969. The first inscription was found on an ostracon and invokes Jesus Christ. The second inscription was found on the altar inside the church’s sanctuary, and refers to the Holy Altar of Michael. The publication gives a description of the inscription, a transcription with critical apparatus, and a grammatical and general commentary on the text
A Fragment of a Liturgical Calendar from Gebel Adda (Egyptian Nubia)
Gebel Adda was an important settlement located on the east Nile bank, some dozens of kilometres north of the second cataract. It was inhabited from at least the beginning of the Common Era until modern times, with its heyday being in the Christian period (6th-15th centuries), especially towards the end of it. During those late-Christian times, the site, known as Atwa in internal Nubian sources and Daw in external Arabic ones, apparently performed…
Language Use and Literacy in Late Antique and Medieval Nubia
This chapter is an overview of the current knowledge about the linguistic situation in the Middle Nile valley in Late Antiquity and Middle Ages. Throughout this long period as many as five languages were employed in this region as a means of written communication: Meroitic, Greek, Sahidic Coptic, Old Nubian, and Arabic. In the first part of the paper, we discuss the use of all these languages from chronological, both diachronic and synchronic, as…
A Weight of Seleucia in Pieria in Nea Paphos
Archaeological excavations carried out by a mission from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Archaeology on the site of the agora of Nea Paphos in Cyprus brought to light a lead weight with a Greek inscription giving the year 251 of an era and mentioning an agoranomos with the name Seleukos. On the basis of parallels, the author demonstrates that the weight must have been issued by the North Syrian city of Seleucia in Pieria, and the era use…
Bishops and Bishoprics in Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia (Fourth-Fourteenth Centuries)
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