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TrismegistosTM text 141752

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery 2, burial 5 associated with church
Excavation no.: 64:12:2
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.996

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of woman ..ra
Date: probably 700–899
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 28.5; W: 21; Th: 5.7
Text dimensions
Object colour: yellow
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters: 1.1–2

Description: fragment of rectangular slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: upper left corner missing

Date: probably 700–899
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲏ [ⲛ]ⲑⲱⲑ

(transcription by Łajtar)
Transcription: "day twenty of the (month of) Thoth" (ll. 4–5)
Months: ⲑⲱⲑ
Weakdays
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2014c, pl. 1
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 952, pl. 1
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Text 722

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TrismegistosTM text 141753

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, room 121, under room 56
Excavation no.: 65:2:55
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.1185

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: fragment of unidentified literary text mentioning blessings delivered to mankind
Date: 1100–1499
Notes: Greek fragments noted down below Old Nubian in smaller letters and different hand

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 12.5; W: 7.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black and red
Lines: hair: 19
flesh: 19
Height of letters

Description: fragment of leaf of codex; parts or entries separated by red line and beginning with date in red ink; pagination preserved in upper margin (pp. 57 and 58)
Decorative elements: red ink used for rubrics and lines dividing parts of text
State of preservation: lower part destroyed; remaining margins preserved

Date: 1100–1499
Chronological systems: lunar calendar

Dating formulae: ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ : ⲕ · ⲇ :
[ⲟⲩ]ⲛ̣ⲛⲁ : ⲕ̄︤ⲉ̄︥ :

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Transcription: "24th (day) of the moon" (hair side, l. 10)
"25th (day) of the moon" (flesh side, l. 13)
Months
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Source: Łajtar 2014e, fig. 3
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Source: Łajtar 2014e, fig. 3
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014e, p. 193, fig. 3
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TrismegistosTM text 141754

Provenance: Tamit
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: Church of Raphael; east face of pilaster in area H (centre of south aisle, near south entrance)
Excavation no.
Present location: not preserved
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: painted (dipinto)
Type of text: private prayer
Language: Old Nubian
Content: perhaps prayer to Archangel Raphael by one Mame; mentioning King Ioel
Date: circa 1460–circa 1490
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 26
Height of letters: 2–3 cm

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation: almost complete; upper right corner destroyed; ink partly obliterated

Date: circa 1460–circa 1490
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲓ̈ⲱⲏⲗ
ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲓ̈ⲱⲏⲗ
Transcription: "King Ioel" (l. 9)
"King Ioel" (l. 17)
Months
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Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 9, 17
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⲡ̣ⲁⲡⲁ̣ⲥ̣): l. 14 (Donadoni 1967: ⲥ̄ⲗ̄ ⲛ̄ ̣ ̣ⲡ ̣ⲁ; NOM 3, no. 12: ⲥⲗ̄ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲡⲁ̣ⲥ̣ⲗⲟ)

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄): l. 14 (Donadoni 1967: ⲥ̄ⲗ̄ ⲛ̄ ̣ ̣ⲡ ̣ⲁ; NOM 3, no. 12: ⲥⲗ̄ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲡⲁ̣ⲥ̣ⲗⲟ)

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Source: Donadoni 1967, fig. 22
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Latest edition: Donadoni 1967, pp. 61–4, no. 1, pls. 20, 1; 22
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Other publications: Łajtar – Ruffini 2011, p. 127; NOM 3, no. 12, fig. 5 (on l. 14: Merki, bishop of Ibrim); CIEN 7, no. 33

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TrismegistosTM text 141756

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-east unit (service area)
Excavation no.: D.12/91–2
Present location: Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of double (?) epitaph of unidentified person
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 14.5; W: 15.0; Th: 3.0
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 6
Height of letters: 1.0–1.3

Description: lower right-hand corner of a terracotta slab; epigraphic field framed on the right and lower sides by a double incised line; probably part of a double stela
Decorative elements: vertical plait pattern (Flachtbandmuster) on left margin
State of preservation: fragmentarily preserved; badly worn

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ϩⲛ̄ [ⲥⲟⲩ] ϫ̣ⲟⲩⲱⲧ [ⲙⲡ]ⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲏ̣
Transcription: "on [day] twenty of the month of Epeiph" (ll. 2–5)
Months: ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲏ̣
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2011, fig. 20
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Van der Vliet, in Łajtar 2011, pp. 90–2, no. A, fig. 20
Other editions

Other publications: Żurawski 1994, n. 35 on p. 337, fig. 19.2; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684, no. 10

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-east unit (service area)
Excavation no.: D.13/91–2
Present location: Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: epitaph of Georgios, deacon
Date: 700–999
Notes

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 15.5; W: 19.5; Th: 2.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 7
Height of letters: 1.3–2.7

Description: lower right-hand corner of a terracotta slab; epigraphic field framed by a raised border; ruling; traces of plaster visible
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentarily preserved

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ [ ̣ ̣] ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Transcription: "on day [ ] of the month (of) Athyr" (ll. 3–4)
Months: ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: deacon (ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲱⲛ): l. 3

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2011, fig. 21
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Van der Vliet, in Łajtar 2011, pp. 92–4, no. B, fig. 21 (mistake in caption number)
Other editions

Other publications: Żurawski 1994, n. 35 on p. 337, fig. 19.1; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684, no. 10

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Content: the same as DBMNT 473
Date
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TrismegistosTM text 141758

Provenance: Ghazali
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Lepsius's expedition, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin (previously Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin)
Museum no.: (a): SMBK 9671 (old no. ÄM 1485) (b): SMBK 9680 (old no. ÄM 1488)

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph of unidentified person
Date: 700–999
Notes: DBMNT 727 and 1418 belong to the same stela

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: (a): H: 22; W: 16,5
(b): H: 12.5; W: 11
Text dimensions
Object colour: surface painted/slipped red (?)
Text colour
Lines: 5
Height of letters: 2–3 (ⲣ in l. 3: 3.5)

Description: Two non-joining fragments from the lower part of a plaque: (a) – lower right corner; (b) – central part with no margins. The epigraphic field framed by incised line, leaving margin of 3.5 cm on the right and 2.5–3 cm on the bottom.
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; two non-joining pieces from lower part of stela with remains of five lines

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ [ⲫ]ⲁⲣⲙ⳽ [---]
Transcription: "in the month of Pharmouthi [---]" (ll. 2–3)
Months: [ⲫ]ⲁⲣⲙ⳽
Weakdays
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Source: I. Ghazali 140
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 46 + 55
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Latest edition: I. Ghazali 140
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Other publications: (a): Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 46 (fragment [a]), 55 (fragment [b]); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255; Cramer 1949, pp. 10 (fragment [a]), 11 (fragment [b])

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Provenance: Ghazali
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Lepsius's expedition, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin (previously Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin; now lost)
Museum no.: 9750 (old no. ÄM 1493)

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph of Solomon, monk
Date: 700–999
Notes: keleusis type

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 43; W: 24
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters: not recorded

Description: Incomplete round-topped slab, with complete upper margin and a large part of both side margins preserved.
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete, but surface considerably damaged and illegible, especially in the lower part

Date: 700–999
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲛ̣ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ̣[---]
Transcription: "of the month [---]" (l. 8)
Months
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Offices & titles: brother (= monk) (ⲡⲉⲛ[ⲥⲟⲛ]): l. 5

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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 47
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Latest edition: I. Ghazali 47
Other editions: Revillout 1885, p. 33, no. 49; SB Kopt. 1 493

Other publications: Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 47; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255; Cramer 1949, p. 11 (basic description)

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Provenance: Kalabsha
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Coptic
Content: fragment of epitaph of woman Iohanna (?)
Date: 600–1099
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 11
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragment of left central part preserved

Date: 600–1099
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs

Dating formulae: [ⲡⲙⲛ]ⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙⲡ[ⲁⲱ]ⲛⲉ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲧⲣ[---]
Transcription: "(day) fourteen of (the month of) Payni, (in the year) from the Martyrs [---]" (ll. 5–7)
Months: ⲡ[ⲁⲱ]ⲡⲉ
Weakdays
Feasts

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Maspero (G.) 1911a, p. 156
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 41; Žabkar 1967, p. 16

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 9, north wall
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: date
Language: unidentified
Content: month date
Date: probably 1000–1299
Notes

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

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation: apparently completely preserved

Date: probably 1000–1299
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲧⲩⲃⲓ ⲕ̄︤ⲇ︥
Transcription: "Tybi 24" (l. 1)
Months: ⲧⲩⲃⲓ
Weakdays
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Source: Jakobielski 2001c, fig. 27a
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Source: Jakobielski 2001c, fig. 27b
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Jakobielski 2001c, p. 165, fig. 27a–b
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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, at the foot of stairway L.1/2
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission (?)
Museum no.

Medium: pottery
Technique: painted
Type of text: tag
Language: Old Nubian
Content: text on amphora naming King Toskonga
Date: 1200–1399
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 15.5; W: 9.6
Text dimensions: H: 5; W: 3.5
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: amphora sherd
Decorative elements
State of preservation: inscription incomplete

Date: 1200–1399
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: † ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲧⲟⲥⲕⲟⳟⲁ
Transcription: "King Toskonga" (ll. 2–3)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣ[ⲟⲩ]): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 2001a, fig. 8
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Jakobielski 2001b, p. 48, pl. 63.3 (left)
Other editions

Other publications: Jakobielski 2001a, pp. 274, 276, fig. 8; Jakobielski 2005b, p. 121, fig. 15 (left); Łajtar 2020a, p. 17

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, at the foot of stairway L.1/2
Excavation no.: D.17/00
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 31446

Medium: pottery
Technique: painted
Type of text: tag
Language: Old Nubian
Content: text on amphora naming King Toskonga
Date: 1200–1399
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: H: 12.5; W: 12.5
Text dimensions: H: 5; W: 4.7
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 3
Height of letters

Description: amphora sherd
Decorative elements
State of preservation: inscription complete

Date: 1200–1399
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: † ⲟⲩⲣ[ⲟⲩ] ⲧⲟⲥⲕ[ⲟⳟⲁ]
Transcription: "King Toskonga" (ll. 2–3)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 2001a, fig. 8
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Jakobielski 2001b, p. 48, pl. 63.3 (right)
Other editions

Other publications: Jakobielski 2001a, pp. 274, 276, fig. 8; Jakobielski 2005b, p. 121, fig. 15 (right); Catalogue Warsaw 2006, pp. 68–69, no. 62, fig. on p. 69; Łajtar 2020a, p. 17

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