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Text 1141

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral (site 8-B-500), area I, context 11
Excavation no.
52
Present location
Sai, storeroom of French mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph (?)
Date
900–1199
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 7.5; W: 8.0; Th: 2.0
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; lower part with portion of lower margin
Date
900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Tsakos 2011–12, fig. 30
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Latest edition
Tsakos 2011–12, pp. 324–5 (no. 34), fig. 30
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 8)
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Text 1142

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral (site 8-B-500), surface
Excavation no.
25
Present location
Sai, storeroom of French mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–1199
Notes
pronoia-type (?)
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 5.0; W: 6.0; Th: 2.0
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; broken on all sides
Date
900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Tsakos 2011–12, fig. 32
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Latest edition
Tsakos 2011–12, p. 325 (no. 36), fig. 32
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 8)
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Text 1143

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral (site 8-B-500), context 1
Excavation no.
55
Present location
Sai, storeroom of French mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
900–1199
Notes
pronoia-type (?)
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 6.5; W: 7.0; Th: 3.0
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; broken on all sides
Date
900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Tsakos 2011–12, fig. 33
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Tsakos 2011–12, pp. 325–6 (no. 37), fig. 33
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 8)
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Text 1144

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral (site 8-B-500), area B, next to newly robbed grave
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sai, storeroom of French mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph (?)
Date
900–1199
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 6.0; W: 7.0; Th: 2.0
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; broken on all sides
Date
900–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Tsakos 2011–12, fig. 34
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Tsakos 2011–12, p. 326 (no. 38), fig. 34
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 8)
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Text 1145

Provenance
Sai
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral (site 8-B-500), area B, next to newly robbed grave
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Sai, storeroom of French mission
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph (?)
Date
900–1299
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 5.0; W: 6.0; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
2
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; broken on all sides
Date
900–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Tsakos 2011–12, fig. 35
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Tsakos 2011–12, p. 327 (no. 39), fig. 35
Other editions
 
Other publications
Tsakos 2010a, p. 684 (no. 8)
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Text 1146

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified
Excavation no.
6-K-3/146
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 18099
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 1000–1099
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular slab; epigraphic field framed raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper left corner with portions of upper and left margins; central and lower part destroyed; deliberately defaced by pecking
Date
probably 1000–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Nigm el-Din Mohammed Sherif 1964, pl. 54a
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Nigm el-Din Mohammed Sherif 1964, p. 249, pl. 54a (= TEI 26110)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 1964, pp. 236, 248; Adams 2001, p. 100; Adams 2002, p. 80, pl. 20e (2); Adams 2003, p. 73, pl. 17f (2); CSCN, p. 168
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Text 1147

Provenance
Meinarti
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not specified; reused as door pivot
Excavation no.
6-K-3/302
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 18109
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
fragment of epitaph
Date
probably 1000–1099
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) slab; epigraphic field framed raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
upper central part with portions of side margins; the uppermost line preserved, but no upper margin; large hole in central part
Date
probably 1000–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Nigm el-Din Mohammed Sherif 1964, pl. 54b
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Nigm el-Din Mohammed Sherif 1964, p. 249, pl. 54b (= TEI 26111)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 1964, pp. 236, 248; Adams 2001, p. 100; Adams 2002, p. 80, pl. 20e (3); Adams 2003, p. 73, pl. 17f (3); CSCN, p. 168
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Text 1148

Provenance
Qena
Region
Egypt
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
document
Language
Old Nubian/Coptic
Content
list of Old Nubian words with Coptic translations
Date
probably 800–1099
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo or drawing available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
unknown
Date
probably 800–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Erman 1897, p. 108
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1149

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
South Church, in pit in front and to the south of altar
Excavation no.
72.3.2
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Coptic
Content
Jeremiah 40:1, 2
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Hagen 2012, p. 14
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 131 (no. 46); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI11
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Text 1150

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
S church, in pit in front and S of altar
Excavation no.
72.3.4
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Coptic
Content
unidentified text, probably biblical
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Hagen 2012, p. 14
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1151

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
unknown
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of text on Adam and Paradise, perhaps commentary on Genesis
Date
probably 700–999
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
 
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
probably 700–999
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Adams – Allen – Anderson – Crowfoot – French 1983, p. 55
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 1152

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
house 211, room 1, refuse fill above uppermost floor
Excavation no.
82.2.28/2 A–C
Present location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: homiletic
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of homily on Archangel Michael and the Devil
Date
800–899
Notes
 
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
A: H: 27.7; W: 23
B: H: 27.4; W: 23
C: H: 3.9; W: 4
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (initials perhaps coloured)
Lines
A: 28–29
B+C: 27–28
Height of letters
 
Description
2 leaves of a codex (1: fr. B+C; 2: fr. A); written in 2 columns; left-hand edge of each column marked by vertical line; pagination (number 4 preserved on verso of fr. 1)
Decorative elements
decorative initials beginning paragraphs
State of preservation
fr. 1: incomplete; large part of one side edge lost as well as portion of upper margin
fr. 2: almost complete apart from small lacuna in lower part
Date
800–899
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Kuhn – Tait 1991, pls. 13–14
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Kuhn – Tait 1991, pp. 145–149, pls. 13–14
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams – Allen – Anderson – Crowfoot – French 1983, p. 55 (mentioned); Adams 1996, pp. 240–241 (summary of contents), table 19; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI45 (cf. p. 195)
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