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Text 625

Provenance
Abd el-Qadir
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
site 5-0-15
Excavation no.
5-0-15/3
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA79655
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: economic
Language
Greek
Content
bill of lading for shipments of barley
Date
700–899
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 15.0; W: 12.2
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
red
Text colour
black
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
written on convex side
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete; glued from two fragments
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙⲏ̣ⲛⲓ ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥ ⲉ̄ ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲕ
Transcription
"in the month of Thoth, in the 5th indiction" (l. 4)
Months
ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 4
sailor (ⲛⲁⲩ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA79655
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Ruffini 2010, p. 233 (no. 3), photo at <https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA79655>
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 2005, pp. 45, 182–4, pl. 21 b; CSCN, pp. 111–14
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Text 626

Provenance
Kalabsha (probably)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA825
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of man Paulos, meizoteros
Date
probably 800–899
Notes
 
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 39; W: 33
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
14
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular slab
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
much worn in middle part, left lower corner broken off
Date
probably 800–899
Chronological systems
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
[---] ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗ[---]
Transcription
"[(in the year) from] Diocletian [ ]" (l. 14)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
meizoteros (ⲡⲙⲉⲓⲍⲟⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ): ll. 3–4
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA825
Image
Image not available
Source
Young 1821, pl. 10
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 3 1645 (photo available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=172306001&objectId=124463&partId=1)
Other editions
Young 1821, p. 160 (no. 8), pl. 10; O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 11 (no. 4), pl. 10 (no. 825, incomplete); Junker 1925b, p. 122 (supplements Hall); SB Kopt. 1 432; Van der Vliet 2002, pp. 185–91, pl. after p. 186
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 41, n. 4; Curto et alii 1965, p. 85 (no. 40); Žabkar 1967, p. 16; van der Vliet – Worp 2015, pp. 39–40; Berkes 2017, p. 115, table on p. 119
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Text 627

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
fragment of epitaph of unidentified person
Date
600–899
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
lower part preserved
Date
600–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
[--- ⲙⲛ̄ⲧ]ϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ̣ [ⲛ̄ⲉ]ⲡⲉⲡ
ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲫ ⲓ︤ⲅ̄︥

(corrected by Van der Vliet)
Transcription
"[day thir]teen (of the month of) Epeiph" (ll. 1–2)
"Epeiph 13" (l. 4)
Months
ⲉ]ⲡⲉⲡ, ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲫ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1931, p. 10
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ochała 2011b, p. 221 (no. 5); CSCN, n. 37 on p. 235
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Text 628

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
deed of land sale from Thekla to Ioseph, sailor; king Merkourios appearing
Date
696 or 697–after 710
Notes
acquired in Aswan
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 61; W: 41.3
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: c. 40; ii: c. 10
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
696 or 697–after 710
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ ⲕ̄︤ⲍ̄︥
ⲛⲣⲣⲟ ⲙ[ⲉⲣ]ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲟⲓⲥ
Transcription
"Choiak 27" (l. 2)
"King Merkurios" (l. 15)
Months
ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
sailor (ⲡⲛⲉⲉϥ): i, l. 4
king (ⲣⲣⲟ): i, l. 15
priest of (Church of) Saint Paphnutios (ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲧ̣ⲉⲣ[ⲟ]ⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ̣[ⲓⲟⲥ]): i, l. 28
priest (ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩ/): i, l. 29; (ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ): i, l. 30
exarch (ⲉⲝⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ): i, l. last but one
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kelsi-East (ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲕ̣ⲏⲗⲥⲉⲓ ⲙ̣ⲡ̣ⲉⲓⲃⲧ): i, l. 3
(Church of) Saint Paphnutios (ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ̣[ⲓⲟⲥ]): i, l. 28
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 447, pp. 209–211
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, p. 155 (A) (fragmentary translation); Crum 1899b, p. 224; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 212–213, 216 (no. 2); Hendrickx 2019, pp. 9–13
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Text 629

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
document issued by Eudoxia, granddaughter of Thekla, for Maria, daughter of Ioseph, concerning a debt of 19 holokottinoi and acknowledging Maria's ownership of a land (cf. DBMNT 628)
Date
700–899
Notes
acquired in Aswan
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 54; W: 29
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: c. 37; ii: 2
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲓⲛⲇⲓⳤ ⲧⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⸌ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ ⲓ︤ⲑ̄︥⸍
Transcription
"Phaophi 19, in the third indiction" (l. 1)
Months
ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
sailor (ⲡⲛⲉⲉϥ): i, l. 4
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kelsi-East (ⲧⲣⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲕⲏⲗⲥⲉ̣ⲓ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ⲓⲉ̣ⲃⲧ): i, l. 3; (ⲧⲕⲉⲡ̣ⲟ̣ⲗ̣ⲓ̣ⲥ̣ ⲕⲏⲗⲥⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲃ̣ⲧ): i, ll. 4–5
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 448, pp. 211–12
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, p. 156 (D) (fragmentary translation); Crum 1899b, p. 224; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, pp. 212–13, 217 (no. 3)
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Text 630

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
deed of land sale by Menanta, daughter of Mariham and Ananias to their son Abraam and his wife Menanta; king Ioannes appearing
Date
800–899
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
acquired in Aswan
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 38; W: 24
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: 37; ii: 9
Height of letters
 
Description
sheet was folded 7 times across its width
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
800–899
Chronological systems
regnal years
Dating formulae
ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟ ϩⲛⲧϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲫⲓⲗⲟ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲡⲣⲣⲟ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Transcription
"in the first year of Christ-loving king God-loving Ioannes" (ll. 1–2)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲡⲣⲣⲟ): i, l. 2
protoeparch (?) (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲙ̣ⲡⲁ̣⸌ⲭ̣⸍): i, l. 3
protodomestikos (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲙⲉⲥⲧⲓⲭⲟ̣ⲥ): i, l. 3
protomeizoteros (ⲡⲣⲟⲧⲟⲙⲏⲍⲓⲧⲉ̣ⲣⲟⲥ): i, l. 4
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): i, l. 6
bishop of Kourte (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⳤ ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): i, ll. 6–7
moistil.....ra (ⲙⲟ̣ⲓⲥⲧⲓⲗ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ⲣⲁ): i, ll. 8–9
...arch( ) ( ̣ ̣ ̣ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): i, ll. 9–10
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁⳤ): ii, l. 9
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Ethiopians (ⲛⲑⲟⲟⲡⲉ): i, l. 4
Tilimauara (ⲧⲓⲗⲓⲙⲁⲩⲁⲣⲁ): i, l. 5
kastron of Philae (ⲡⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲉ̣ⲓⲗⲁⲕ): i, l. 5
Philae (ⲡⲉ̣ⲓⲗⲁⲕ): i, l. 5
Kourte (ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): i, l. 7
Kirshi (ⲕⲩⲣϣⲏ): i, l. 11; ([ⲕⲩⲣ]ϣ̣ⲏ): i, l. 13
Pordippa (ⲡⲟⲣⲇⲓⲡⲡⲁ): i, ll. 13–14
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 449, pp. 212–14
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, pp. 155–6 (B) (fragmentary translation); Crum 1899b, pp. 224–5; Griffith 1928b, p. 16 (no. 4); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 49; Monneret de Villard 1938, pp. 100–1; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 103; CSCN, p. 210; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 218 (no. 5; wrongly labelled as P. Lond. Copt. 450); Werner 2013, n. 2 on p. 88; Seignobos 2015, p. 182; Ochała 2016b, p. 517 with n. 11; Berkes 2017, p. 116, table on p. 119
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Text 631

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
deed of land sale by Thekla to Abraam and Menanta; king Ioannes appearing
Date
800–899
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
acquired in Aswan
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 28; W: 22.8
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: 28; ii: 10
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
800–899
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
[ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩ]ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲫⲓⲗⲟ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲣⲣⲟ ⲙ[ⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ] ⲓⲱϩⲁ[ⲛⲛⲏⲥ]
Transcription
"during the reign of our Christ-loving king [God-loving] Ioa[nnes]" (ll. 1–2)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲣⲣⲟ): i, l. 1
protodomestikos (ⲡⲣⲟ[---]ⲧⲓⲭⲟⲥ): i, l. 3
protomeizoteros (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲙⲏⲍⲓⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ): i, l. 4
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. 6
bishop of Kourte ([ⲉⲡⲓⲥⳤ] ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): i, ll. 4–5
...mestich( ) ( ̣ ̣ⲙⲉⲥⲧⲓ⸌ⲭ⸍): i, l. 6
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁⲕ): ii, l. 10
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kourte (ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): i, l. 5
Kirshi (ⲕⲩⲣϣⲏ): i, ll. 9, 11
Pordippa (ⲡⲟⲣⲇⲓⲡ̣ⲁ̣): i, l. 11; (ⲡⲟⲣⲇⲓⲡⲁ): i, l. 14
Baikah (?) (ⲃⲁⲓ ⲛⲕⲁϩ): i, l. 15; (ⲃⲁⲓⲕⲁϩ): i, l. 26
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱ̣): ii, l. 9
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 450, pp. 214–15
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, p. 156 (C) (fragmentary translation); Crum 1899b, p. 225; Griffith 1928b, pp. 16–17 (no. 5); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 49; Monneret de VIllard 1938, pp. 100–1; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 217 (no. 4; wrongly labelled as P. Lond. Copt. 449); Werner 2013, n. 2 on p. 88; Berkes 2017, p. 116, table on p. 119; NOM 3, no. 1 (on ve, l. 6: Iose son of Peti)
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Text 632

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Coptic
Content
2 documents on one sheet: A) security deed resulting from litigation between Mailanne and a man; B) legal text connected with lawsuit brought by Maria against Nalandouse
Date
700–899
Notes
acquired in Aswan
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 50.8; W: 38
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: 11; ii: 16
Height of letters
 
Description
two fragments of the same sheet of leather
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
A)
ⲙⲏ̄ ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ ⲕ ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲓⲁ

B)
ⲙⲏ ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ ⲏ̄ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲓ︤ⲃ̄︥ †
Transcription
A) "in the month of Phaophi, (day) 20, in the 11th indiction" (l. 11)
B) "in the month of Mesore, (day) 8, in the 12th indiction" (l. 16)
Months
ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
eparch (ⲡⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): i, l. 9
notary (ⲛⲟⲧⲁⲣ/): i, l. 9
potter (ⲡⲕⲉⲣⲁⲙⲉⲩⲥ): ii, l. 2
priest (ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ): ii, l. 12
chartoularios of Talmis (= Kalabsha) (ⲭⲁⲣⲧⲟⲩⲗⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲗⲙⲉⲱⲥ): ii, l. 14
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kourte (ⲛⲕⲟ︦ⲩ︦ⲣ︦ⲧ︦ⲉ︦): i, l. 8
...shi ([...]ϣ︦ⲓ︦): ii, l. 9
Talmis (= Kalabsha) (ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲓⲥ): ii, l. 3; (ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲉⲱⲥ): ii, l. 14
Pachoras (= Faras) ([ⲡⲁ]ⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): ii, l. 3
Kelsi (ⲕⲉ[ⲗ]ⲥⲉⲓ): ii, l. 4
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 452, pp. 215–17
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, p. 157 (F–G) (fragmentary translation); Crum 1899b, p. 225; Griffith 1925, p. 263; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 218 (no. 7)
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Text 633

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Coptic
Content
document concerning sale of land, issued by Abraham, the sailor
Date
700–899
Notes
acquired in Aswan
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 22.8; W: 17.1
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
c. 25
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
"Epeiph 30" (l. ?)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
sailor (ⲡⲛⲉⲉϥ): l. ?
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 453, p. 217 (descr.)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, p. 157 (K) (fragmentary translation); Crum 1899b, p. 225; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 219 (no. 8)
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Text 634

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
in 1900 in Alexandria, now unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
2 documents: (1) deed of land sale by Mar, son of Kosma to unidentified buyer; king Chael appearing; (2) acknowledgement of receiving clothes and wine
Date
803–812
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Material
leather
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
803–812
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
regnal years
Era of Diocletian
Dating formulae
ⲙ̄︤ⲏ̄︥ ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲏ … (from Diocletian) ⲫⲕ ̣ … ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲙϩⲙⲛⲧ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲫⲓⲗⲟ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛ̄ⲣⲣⲟ ⲭⲁⲏⲗ
Transcription
"in the month of Phaophi, (in the year) from Diocletian 52[.]. ... In the ...teenth year of our Christ-loving king Chael" (ll. ?)
Months
ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲣⲣⲟ): i, l. ?; ii, l. ?
pr[---]kallagouleia (ⲡⲣ[---]ⲕⲁⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲁⲅⲟⲩⲗⲉⲓⲁ): i, l. ?
protodomestikos of palace (ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲇⲱⲙⲉⲥ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁ): i, l. ?
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): i, l. ?
bishop of Kourte (ⲏⲡⲓⲥⲕⲱⲡⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲉ): i, l. ?
illustris (?) (ⲓ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣): i, l. ?
protomeizoteros of palace (ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲓⲍ[ⲱ ⲙⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ]): i, l. ?
primikerios (ⲡⲣⲓⲙ ̣ ̣ⲅⲓⲣⲟⲥ): i, l. ?
eparch of Nobadia (ⲁⲓⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲟⲥ ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): i, l. ?
meizoteros of Nobadia (ⲙ̄ⲙⲓⲍⲟ ⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓ⸌ⲁ⸍): i, l. ?
mon( ) (ⲙⲱⲛ/): recto, l. ?
epitropos of bishop of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲉⲡⲓⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⳤ ⲛ̄ⲡ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲁⲣⲁⲥ): ii, l. ?
notary (ⲡⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍/): ii, l. ?
priest (ⲡⲣ︦ⲉ): ii, l. ?, (⳦): ii, l. ?
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kourte (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲉ): i, l. ?
Nobadia (ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): i, l. ?; (ⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓ⸌ⲁ⸍): i, l. ?
Mohondi (= Ikhmindi) (ⲙⲱϩⲱⲛⲇⲓ): i, l. ?; (ⲙⲱϩⲟⲇⲓ): ii, l. ?
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲁⲣⲁⲥ): ii, l. ?
Ashashil (ⲁϣⲁϣⲗ̣): ii, l. ?
(Church) of Apo (?) at Mohondi (= Ikhmindi) (ⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲅⲓⲩ ⲕⲁ⸌ⲑ⸍ ⲁⲡⲱ ⲙⲱϩⲟⲇⲓ): ii, l. ?
Koupanni/Koupandi (ⲕⲟⲩⲡⲁⲛⲇⲓ): ii, l. ?
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
unpublished; fragmentary translation in Krall 1900, pp. 236–8
Other editions
 
Other publications
Griffith 1928b, pp. 15–16 (no. 2); I. Faras Copt., pp. 74–5; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 103; Hägg 1990, pp. 162, 163; CSCN, p. 210; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 219 (no. 10; wrongly identified with CPR IV 28 [DBMNT 636]; names of parties mistaken); Berkes 2017, pp. 115–16, table on p. 119
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Text 635

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
in 1900 in Alexandria, now unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
deed of land sale; king Chael appearing
Date
after 784–after 812
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Material
leather
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
after 784–after 812
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
regnal years
Dating formulae
ⲙ̄︤ⲏ̄︥ ⲫⲁ̣ⲩ̣ⲫⲓ … [---] ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲫⲓⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲛ̄ⲣⲣⲟ ⲭⲁⲏⲗ
Transcription
"in the month of Phaophi. ... [In the ....] year of our Christ-loving king Chael" (ll. ?)
Months
ⲫⲁ̣ⲩ̣ⲫⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲣⲣⲟ): l. ?
[---]koulia[---] ([---]ⲕⲟⲩⲗⲓⲁ[---]): l. ?
protodomestikos of palace of king (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲇⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙ̄ⲡⲣⲣⲟ): l. ?
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. ?
bishop of Kourte (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟ⸌ⲡⲟⲥ⸍ ⲛⲕⲟⲣⲉ): recto, l. ?
illustris (?) (ⲓ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣): l. ?
protomeizoteros of palace (ⲡⲣⲟⲙⲓⲍⲱ ⲙⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ): l. ?
primikerios (ⲡⲣ ̣ ̣ⲙ ̣ ̣ⲕⲟⲣⲁⲥ): l. ?
meizoteros of Nobadia (ⲙ̄ⲙⲓⲍⲱⲛ ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. ?
eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟ ⲛⲛ⸌ⲟ⸍ⲡⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. ?
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kourte (ⲕⲟⲣⲉ): l. ?
Nobadia (ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): recto, l. ?; (ⲛ⸌ⲟ⸍ⲡⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. ?
Source
 
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Source
 
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Latest edition
unpublished; fragmentary translation in Krall 1900, pp. 238–40
Other editions
 
Other publications
Griffith 1928b, p. 16 (no. 3); I. Faras Copt., pp. 74–5; Hägg 1990, pp. 162, 163; CSCN, p. 210; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 219 (no. 11); Berkes 2017, pp. 115–16, table on p. 119
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Text 636

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Papyrussammlung der österreichischen Bibliothek, Vienna
Museum no.
K 2831
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Coptic
Content
deed of land sale by Marit.. to Mena and Sion, his wife; king Kyriakos appearing
Date
700–799
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Krall 1898 read 14th indiction and Athyr
acquired in Luxor
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 36; W: 27
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
30
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular piece of leather, text written on fleshside
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete but for small lacuna in bottom part; upper lines and beginnings of a few next lines almost completely obliterated
Date
700–799
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲓ̣ⲇ̣ ⲁ̣ⲑ̣ⲩ̣ⲣ̣ [---] ⲧ̣ⲙ̣ⲛ̣ⲧ̣ⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲟ̣ ⲛ̣ⲡⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ⲛ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲧ̣ⲉ̣ ⲛⲣⲣⲟ ⲕⲩⲣⲓ̣ⲕ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣
Transcription
"in the 14th indiction (?), Athyr [ ], [in] the reign of our God-loving king Kyrikos" (ll. 2–3)
Months
ⲁ̣ⲑ̣ⲩ̣ⲣ̣
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲣⲣⲟ): l. 3
domestikos (ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲥⲇⲉⲕⲟⲥ): l. 4; (ⲇⲟⲙⲉⲥⲧⲓⲕⲟⲥ): l. 7
bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ): l. 5
eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭ ̣ ̣ⲣⲉ ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. 6
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲱ): l. 23
epitropos (ⲉⲡⲓⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟⲥ): l. 24
potter (ⲡⲕⲉⲣⲁⲙ̣ⲉ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ): l. 25 (Krall 1898: ⲡⲕⲉⲣⲁⲁⲅⲟⲥ; CPR 4 28: ⲡⲅⲉⲣⲁⲁⲅⲟⲥ; corr. NOM 3, no. 2); (ⲡⲕⲉⲣⲁⲙⲉⲩⲥ): l. 28
smith (ⲡⲉⲥⲛⲏⲧ): l. 26
carpenter (ⲡϩⲁⲙϣⲉ): l. 27
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Nobadia (ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. 6
Source
http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/RZ00001395
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
CPR 4 28
Other editions
Krall 1898, pp. 15–20
Other publications
Griffith 1928b, p. 15 (no. 1); Kraus 1930, pp. 37–38; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 58; Monneret de Villard 1938, pp. 98–99; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 101–102; Catalogue Vienna 1995, pp. 270–271 (no. 283), fig. on p. 270; CSCN, n. 10 on p. 104, pp. 110, 121; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 216 (no. 1); Werner 2013, p. 85; NOM 3, no. 2, fig. 1 (on l. 25: Ananis, the potter)
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