[3] It is possible the full painting depicted the entire figure of Saint Anne – standing or seated.

[2] According to Kazimierz Michałowski, the saint is dressed in a purple maphorion, a type of hooded cloak.

The face of Saint Anne is elongated, her nose long and straight, highlighted with a black, curved contour.

Her hands are slim, with long fingers painted in light yellow with a purple contour.

Thanks to prayers and the faith in God's power Anne has conceived and given birth to a daughter, who later became the mother to Jesus.

B. Mierzejewska believes that Nubian women prayed to Saint Anne due to the miraculous conception of her daughter, hoping to gain her support and granting their requests related to childbearing, the health of children, pregnancy and welfare of mothers and children.

[2] The veneration of Mary's mother may be confirmed by the placement of another image of saint Anne on the second layer of plaster in the same nave.

The second image is painted later and depicts the saint seated on a throne with baby Mary on her lap, perhaps in a breastfeeding position.

In Egyptian and Palestinian monastic groups and some heretical groups, a custom existed of praying quietly while holding a finger of the right hand on one's lips; it was believed this gesture protected people from evil, which might otherwise prevail in human hearts during prayer.