Dongola / دنقلا العجوز‎, / Dunqulā al-ʿAjūz / Old Dongola / Tungui

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view of church exterior - ruins

Source caption: "The remains of the North Church in Old Dongola, the former capital of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Probably errected in the 13th century. See Godlewski: "Dongola - ancient Tungul. archaeological guide, pp. 72-74."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The remains of the North Church in Old Dongola, the former capital of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Probably errected in the 13th century. See Godlewski: "Dongola - ancient Tungul. archaeological guide, pp. 72-74."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nubian Image Archive, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 17 November 2005 in the Nubian Image Archive [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Church,_Old_Dongola.jpg] [accessed 21 December 2021]
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view of church interior - detail

Source caption: "Northern entrance to the church:top, evidence of the three structural phases, view from the inside"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Northern entrance to the church:top, evidence of the three structural phases, view from the inside"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Włodzimierz Godlewski, S. Maślak, 2016
Image Source: digital image of a drawing by W. Godlewski, S. Maślak, in [https://wuw.pl/data/include/cms/Dongola_2015-2016_Fieldwork_2018.pdf] [accessed 21 December 2021]
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view of church interior - detail

Source caption: "North wall of room B.I.NE.2 with the entrance to room B.I.NE.1. The eastern side of the entrance was remodeled at a later stage"
Scene Description: Source caption: "North wall of room B.I.NE.2 with the entrance to room B.I.NE.1. The eastern side of the entrance was remodeled at a later stage"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Włodzimierz Godlewski, 2016
Image Source: digital image of a photograph by W. Godlewski in [https://wuw.pl/data/include/cms/Dongola_2015-2016_Fieldwork_2018.pdf] [accessed 21 December 2021]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Northern entrance to the church: blocked doorway following two structural changes, view from the north; a sandstone baptismal font stands next to the blocking wall"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Northern entrance to the church: blocked doorway following two structural changes, view from the north; a sandstone baptismal font stands next to the blocking wall"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Włodzimierz Godlewski, 2016
Image Source: digital image of a photograph by W. Godlewski, in [https://wuw.pl/data/include/cms/Dongola_2015-2016_Fieldwork_2018.pdf] [accessed 21 December 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 23606DON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Great Monastery of St. Anthony (aka Monastery of the Holy Trinity / Building H.NW.B.I ) [in ruins]
Country Name: Sudan
Location: Aš Šamāliya / Northern State
Directions to Site: Old Dongola is an archaeological site located on the E bank of the Nile opposite the Wadi Howar, in‎ Aš Šamāliya, Northern Sudan. in the area of the Egyptian-Libyan-Sudanese border
Historical Region: Makurian kingdom
Font Location in Church: inside the ruins of the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Font Notes:
A baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin and a pedestal base is noted and illustrated in Włodzimierz GodleWski's BUILDING H.NW.B.I AND ITS SUCCESSIVE CONSTRUCTION PHASES, in Dongola 2015-2016: fieldwork, conservation and site management (Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press, 2018) [https://wuw.pl/data/include/cms/Dongola_2015-2016_Fieldwork_2018.pdf] [accessed 21 December 2021]; the source also writes of a possible disappeared font of an earlier period (6th-7th century) on a discover in room NE.2: "the omposition of the wall painting on the east wall of this room, a representation of the Baptism of Christ, is attributable to the 6th century [...] A structure underneath the painting, possibly a baptismal font, may be associated with the beginnings of Christianity in Dongola. However, the structure was removed in a later period and only modest traces of it remain on the walls in the northeastern corner of the room [...] The rooms lack furnishings with the exception of NE.2, the northeastern corner of which holds vestiges of a tall structure (possibly a baptismal font, see above)".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 18.223056, 30.743889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 18° 13′ 23″ N, 30° 44′ 38″ E
UTM: 36Q 261414 2016333

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round