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Provenance: Nag' el-Arab
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery, tomb 29
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: lamp
Technique: casting
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: Greek
Content: name of saint Philotheos
Date: 550–699
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: ?; W: 6.5; L: 8.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: red
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: inscription on lamp, running around feed-hole
Decorative elements: decorated central panel
State of preservation: complete

Date: 550–699
Chronological systems

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Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Pellicer – Llongueras 1965, pl. XVI.1.C
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Source: Pellicer – Llongueras 1965, fig. 30.4
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Pellicer – Llongueras 1965, pp. 49, 175, fig. 30.4, pl. 16.1.C
Other editions

Other publications: Christides 1992, fig. 2b

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TrismegistosTM text 370954

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: rocks on the hill east of Qasr Ibrim
Excavation no.
Present location: Gebel Maktub, in situ (?)
Museum no.

Medium: rock
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by Mena, epideacon of (?) Isou, bishop of Phrim
Date: 900–1099
Notes

Material: stone
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: 1 line of incised inscription
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State of preservation: complete

Date: 900–1099
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Offices & titles: abba (ⲁⲃ): l. 1
bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲫⲣⲙ): l. 1
epideacon (ⲉⲡⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣⲙ): l. 1

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Plumley – Adams 1974, pl. 51
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; in preparation by A. Łajtar & J. van der Vliet; mentioned in Plumley – Adams 1974, p. 235, pl. 51
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar – van der Vliet 2013, p. 163

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TrismegistosTM text 370955

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house 177, room 2, on jar beneath floor (containing Archive 3)
Excavation no.: 1974 find
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: mudstopper
Technique: incised
Type of text: name of divine entity/saint
Language: unidentified
Content: cryptograms of Archangel Michael and Mary and name of Archangel Michael
Date: 1100–1299
Notes

Material: mud
Object dimensions: not recorded
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Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters

Description: cryptogram of Michael written on top; name of Michael and cryptogram of Mary written around base of seal
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete at the moment of discovery

Date: 1100–1299
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Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Plumley 1978, p. 231
Other editions: Plumley 1975b, p. 7

Other publications

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TrismegistosTM text 370956

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: 1966 find
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript: codex
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary
Language: Greek
Content: unidentified text, possibly literary
Date: 1000–1399
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: not recorded
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Lines: not recorded
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Description: fragments of 8 folios of one codex
Decorative elements
State of preservation: pages glued together

Date: 1000–1399
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Plumley 1975a, fig. 2
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Plumley 1975a, pp. 103–4, fig. 2
Other editions

Other publications

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TrismegistosTM text 370957

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: tomb T2 (296), to the south of cathedral (church 293), above bishops' stelae and separated from them by layer of debris
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary: hagiographic
Language: Coptic
Content: Acacius of Caesarea, 'Martyrdom of St Kyriakos and Iulitta'
Date: 700–799
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Material: papyrus
Object dimensions: not recorded
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Lines: fr. 1: side i: col. 1: 28; col. 2: 28; side ii: ?
fr. 2: side 1: col. 1: 8; col. 2: 19; side 2: ?
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Description: two cards from codex; text in 2 columns
Decorative elements: on fr. 2 floral motive filling lower part of 1st column of text; upper part of text in column 2 enclosed in decorative frame
State of preservation: fr. 1: almost complete folio with a few lacunae:
fr. 2: fragmentary folio; no margins preserved

Date: 700–799
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
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Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Plumley 1975a, fig. 3
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Source: Plumley 1966, pl. VI.2 (right)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Plumley 1966, pp. 11–12, pl. 6.2 (right)
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, p. 104, fig. 3; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI50 (cf. pp. 187, 195)

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TrismegistosTM text 370958

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: tomb T2 (296), to the south of cathedral (church 293), above bishops' stelae and separated from them by layer of debris
Excavation no.: 1966 find
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary: biblical
Language: Coptic
Content: Matthew 12:32 ff.
Date: probably 700–999
Notes

Material: papyrus
Object dimensions: not recorded
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Object colour
Text colour
Lines: side i: col. 1: 25; col. 2: 25
side ii: ?
Height of letters

Description: almost complete folio; text in two columns
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete; one side margin damaged; torn horizontally in two places

Date: probably 700–999
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Plumley 1966, pl. VI.2 (left)
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Plumley 1966, p. 11, pl. VI.2 (left)
Other editions

Other publications: Hagen 2010, p. 720; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 132 (no. 59); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI14 (cf. p. 195)

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TrismegistosTM text 370959

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: 72.10.31
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: letter
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: letter from Adama, eparch of Nobadia, to Tapara, thel( )
Date: 1155–1200
Notes: address in Greek

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: 4.4; W: 7.9
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Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: i: 3, ii: 1
Height of letters

Description: rectangular card, written on both sides along longer edges; wide uninscribed bottom margin
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 1155–1200
Chronological systems