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Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: fr. A: citadel, C-2, S half
fr. B: citadel, R-10, layer 6
Excavation no.: fr. A: 66:1:61
fr. B: 66:1:64
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: fr. A: ROM acc. no. 973.24.897 fr. B: ROM acc. no. 973.24.2034

Medium: ostrakon
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: list
Language: Old Nubian
Content: list of persons and goods
Date: 1100–1399
Notes

Material: ceramic
Object dimensions: fr. A: H: 11; W: 11.5
fr. B: H: 5; W: 5
Text dimensions
Object colour: red
Text colour: black
Lines: fr. A: 7; fr. B: 4
Height of letters: 0.5–1.1

Description: two non-joining fragments of body of plate; inscription painted inside, with top directed towards bottom of plate
Decorative elements
State of preservation: vessel fragmentary; inscription fragmentary

Date: 1100–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: ROM archive
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 953, pl. 5 (fr. A)
Other editions

Other publications: Ochała 2014a, p. 972

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Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, church 4, vault B, hanged around neck of buried man
Excavation no.: 66:1:27
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.891

Medium: tablet
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary
Language: Greek
Content: unidentified text perhaps of literary or subliterary character
Date: 1100–1399
Notes

Material: wood
Object dimensions: H: 10; W: 30; Th: 1.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 6
Height of letters: ca. 0.25

Description: roughly rectangular tablet with inscription painted along longer edge, in upper part of tablet; 2 holes below upper edge in central upper part
Decorative elements
State of preservation: object complete; text badly faded and hardly legible

Date: 1100–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2014c, pl. 7
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Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 954, pl. 7
Other editions

Other publications

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TrismegistosTM text 832874

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, church 7, S pastophorium, between floors 1 and 2
Excavation no.: 66:3:44
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.2162

Medium: tablet
Technique: painted
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Old Nubian
Content: unidentified
Date: 1100–1399
Notes

Material: wood
Object dimensions: H: 4.5; W: 14; Th: 1.4
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 3
Height of letters: 0.4–1.2

Description: fragment of tablet with inscription painted along longer edge; hole in middle of l. 1
Decorative elements
State of preservation: object and text fragmentary; lower left-hand corner preserved

Date: 1100–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: ROM archive
Image: Full-size image

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 954
Other editions

Other publications

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TrismegistosTM text 832875

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cemetery 2, tomb 1039
Excavation no.: 65:12:8
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.2708

Medium: textile
Technique: painted
Type of text: subliterary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: probably apotropaic or magical text
Date: 1100–1399
Notes

Material: linen
Object dimensions: fr. A: H: 20; W: 9
fr. B+C: H: 9.1; W: 6.5
fr. D: H: 4.8; W: 3.9
fr. E: H: 6.5; W: 13
fr. F: H: 8; W: 4
fr. G: H: 8; W: 4.8
fr. H: H: 8.5; W: 3.5
fr. I: H: 5.7; W: 2.1
Text dimensions
Object colour: brown
Text colour: black
Lines: fr. A: 19
fr. B+C: 7
fr. D: 4
fr. E: 6
fr. F: 7
fr. G: 8
fr. H: 6
fr. I: 5
Height of letters: 0.4–0.9

Description: numerous non-joining fragment of one burial shroud; inscription painted on one side
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; fragment B+C preserves fragment of right-hand margin

Date: 1100–1399
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: ROM archive
Image: Full-size image

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 954, pl. 8 (fr. A)
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2014e, p. 193, fig. 4 (fr. A)

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TrismegistosTM text 832876

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.: 64:2:190
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.1161

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary: biblical
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of Revelations 21:20–23
Date: 1000–1299
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 15.5; W: 11.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream & brown
Text colour: black with red and green elements
Lines: hair: 11
flesh: 11
Height of letters: 0.7–1.4

Description: fragment of leaf of codex
Decorative elements: loops of the letters phi filled in with red (flesh, l. 7) and green ink (hair, l. 8); red used also for mid-dots
State of preservation: incomplete; fragment of side margin preserved; most probably little is missing on top and bottom of leaf

Date: 1000–1299
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2014c, pl. 9
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 954, pl. 9
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 137 (no. 122)

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TrismegistosTM text 832877

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, church 7, east end of north aisle
Excavation no.: 66:3:62
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.994

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: liturgical
Language: Greek
Content: Dongolese creed (Symbolum Dongolanum)
Date: 1000–1299
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour: brown
Text colour: black
Lines: flesh: 14
hair: 14
Height of letters: not recorded

Description: fragment of sheet of parchment; text written on both sides
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; fragment of bottom margin preserved

Date: 1000–1299
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2014c, pl. 10
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, pp. 954–5, pl. 10
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2018, p. 43

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TrismegistosTM text 832878

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, church 7, S pastophorium
Excavation no.: 66:3:31
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.960

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: unidentified literary text connected to Old Testament (prophet Jeremiah, children of Israel mentioned)
Date: 1000–1299
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 19; W: 11.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream
Text colour: black with red elements
Lines: flesh: 21
hair: 21
Height of letters: 0.4–0.8

Description: fragment of leaf of codex; text written on both sides
Decorative elements: red ink used for superlinear strokes
State of preservation: incomplete; fragment of one side margin and probably upper margin preserved

Date: 1000–1299
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2014c, pl. 12
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 955, pl. 12
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2014e, pp. 185 & 191, fig. 1

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TrismegistosTM text 832879

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, church 4, room C, E of blocked door, in rubbish
Excavation no.: 66:1:4
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.889

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: probably fragment of birth narrative
Date: 1000–1299
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 18; W: 6.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream & brown
Text colour: black with red elements
Lines: hair: 19
flesh: 21
Height of letters: 0.4–0.9

Description: fragment of leaf of codex; text written on both sides; pagination in upper margin (preserved p. 17)
Decorative elements: red ink used for pagination, mid-dots, and filling of the letter ⳟ (hair, l. 5)
State of preservation: incomplete; fragment of upper margin and probably also bottom margin preserved

Date: 1000–1299
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: ROM archives
Image: Full-size image

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 955, pl. 12
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2014e, p. 192, fig. 2; Łajtar – Ochała 2015, p. 89

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TrismegistosTM text 832880

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, church 4, E end of N aisle
Excavation no.: 66:3:62
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.993

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: literary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: perhaps fragment of sermon on 24 Elders of Apocalypse
Date: 1000–1299
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 12; W: 9
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream & brown
Text colour: black with red elements
Lines: flesh: 18
hair: 17
Height of letters: 0.4–0.6

Description: fragment of leaf of codex; text written on both sides
Decorative elements: red ink used for rubrics, mid-dots, and superlinear strokes
State of preservation: fragmentary; no margin preserved, numerous holes; ink obliterated in places

Date: 1000–1299
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: ROM archives
Image: Full-size image

Source
Image: Full-size image

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar 2014c, p. 955
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2014e, pp. 192–3

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TrismegistosTM text 832881

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, square 337, room G
Excavation no.: 66:1:63
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.2915

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document
Language: Old Nubian
Content: list of four different deeds of sale
Date: 1100–1499
Notes: classified as land sale in Łajtar 2014c
later Arabic text on back side
something wrong with excavation no.

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: 9.7; W: 9.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream
Text colour: black
Lines: 13
Height of letters: 0.35–0.8

Description: fragment of sheet of paper; 3 horizontal folding lines; on back side later Arabic text
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; upper left corner with large fragments of upper and left margins preserved; several small holes

Date: 1100–1499
Chronological systems

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: eparch? (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁ): l. 4 (or personal name?)

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2014c, pl. 13
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Łajtar 2014e, pp. 194–8, fig. 5
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2014c, p. 956, pl. 13

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TrismegistosTM text 832882

Provenance: Gebel Adda
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: citadel, square 337, room G
Excavation no.: 66:1:63
Present location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.: ROM acc. no. 973.24.2916

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: list
Language: Old Nubian
Content: list of slaves
Date: 1100–1499
Notes: something wrong with excavation no.

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: 4.6; W: 17.2
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream-brown
Text colour: black
Lines: 4
Height of letters: 0.3–0.6

Description: rectangular sheet of paper; text written on one side; originally folded once horizontally and once vertically
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete but for two small holes in left- and right-hand central parts of sheet; very dirty

Date: 1100–1499
Chronological systems