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Text 553

Provenance
unknown
Region
unknown
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin (lost)
Museum no.
9995
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Isak, monk
Date
17 July 980–6 July 981
Notes
SBKopt. – AD 983/4
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 19; W: 24
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
 
Description
irregular slab; coarsely executed; right lower corner seemingly cut off although original; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete; damaged in upper part but still legible; surface slightly worn
Date
17 July 980–6 July 981
Chronological systems
Era of the Saracens
Dating formulae
ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲕⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲧⲟ

(corrected by Ochała)
Transcription
"(in the year from) the Saracens 370" (l. 8)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲥⲁⲛ): ll. 6–7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Bode Museum archives
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 4 1992
Other editions
Cramer 1939, pp. 21–3
Other publications
Cramer 1949, p. 13; Ochała 2009, pp. 144–6; CSCN, pp. 150–2, 154–5
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Text 554

Provenance
Aniba
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
tomb of Pennut, north wall of outer chamber, to the left of door to inner chamber
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Aniba, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
inscription of Iesou, priest, son of Riza
Date
22 September 1048
Notes
Griffith 1913 – Thoth 25 AD 1049
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
red
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription written in red paint on pharaonic relief; ending of last line written so as to omit the elements of the relief
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
originally complete, today heavily obliterated
Date
22 September 1048
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲁⲡⲟ⸌ⲙ⸍·ⲯⲝ̄︤ⲉ̄︥·ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ·ⲕⲉ︥
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 765, Thoth 25" (ll. 1–2)
Months
ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
catholic priest (⳦ ⲕⲁ⸌ⲑ⸍): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo G. Ochała
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 96, Gr. 429: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2023, pp. 69–73 (no. 4), fig. 4
Other editions
I. Lefebvre 631; Griffith 1913, p. 63 (no. 8)
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–1859: 5 (text), p. 122; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 96, Gr. 429; Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, p. 108; Žabkar 1967, p. 16; CSCN, p. 66, n. 59, table 11 on p. 72, pp. 111–114; NOM 3, n. 46 (on l. 4; with wrong DBMNT number)
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Text 555

Provenance
Ghazali
Region
Makuria
Findspot
Lepsius’s expedition, findspot not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown (perhaps left on site)
Museum no.
 
Medium
sepulchral cross
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
fragment of epitaph with date
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
not recorded
Description
Lower arm of a sepulchral cross. Epigraphic field framed by an incised line. The lower, rectangular and narrower part of the fragment undoubtedly served for mounting the cross in the superstructure of the tomb.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only lower arm preserved
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ ⲓ̈ⲃ
Transcription
"Epeiph 12" (ll. 1–3)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 550: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 207
Other editions
SB 1 4163
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 550; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255
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Text 556

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.
9786 (old no. ÄM 1507)
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Coptic
Content
epitaph of Mariankouda, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
keleusis type
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
H: 36; W: 21; Th: 7–8.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
reddish brown
Text colour
 
Lines
11
Height of letters
1.5–2 (ⲃ and ⲯ: 3)
Description
Complete roughly rectangular slab. The right margin slightly damaged, but not affecting the reading.
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲥⲟⲩ̣ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲭⲟ︦ⲓ̣
Transcription
"on the sixth of the month of Choiak" (ll. 7–8)
Months
ⲭⲟ︦ⲓ̣
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
brother (= monk) (ⲥⲟⲛ): l. 5
monk (ⲡⲙ⸌ⲟ̣⸍ⲛⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ll. 6–7
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Ghazali 45
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 44: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 45
Other editions
Revillout 1885, p. 32, no. 48; Mallon 1914, col. 2883; SB Kopt. 1 492
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 292; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 44; Erman 1899, p. 413 (description and fragmentary German translation); Junker 1925, pp. 129, sub 7 (transcription of ll. 10–11), 131 (transcription of ll. 1–2), and 132, sub 3 (transcription of ll. 5–8); Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 255; Cramer 1949, p. 12; Catalogue Hamm 1996, p. 131, no. 89 (description and German translation); Satzinger 2004, p. 539 (on name)
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Text 557

Provenance
Aswan
Region
Egypt
Findspot
Deir Anba Hadra, church, left jamb of apse; above DBMNT 1405
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek
Content
commemorative inscription of abba Ioseph; mentioning King Koudanbes
Date
7 April 1322
Notes
7 April 1322 fell on Wednesday; lunar day incorrect – 4 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle
reported to have been written by the same hand as DBMNT 1405
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
18
Height of letters
 
Description
eighteen lines of painted inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; upper right quarter of plaster broken off (known only from transcriptions); ink obliterated in many places
Date
7 April 1322
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
day of the week
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
· ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲛ · (ⲁ·ⲗ︤ⲏ· · ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁⲥ · ⸌ⲡⲟⲩϣ̣ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ⸍ ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ · · ⲓⲃ · ⲥⲉⲗ⸌ⲗ⸍ · ⲕ︤ⲁ
Transcription
"(in the year) from the Martyrs 1038, on poush-day, Pharmouthi 12, on 21st moon (day)" (l. 18)
Months
ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍
Weakdays
ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁⲥ · ⸌ⲡⲟⲩϣ̣⸍
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): ll. 2, 5
deacon of Great (Church of) Jesus in Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉⲟⲥ ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲙⲉ ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b: 'Timocles, great priest and deacon'; corr. Łajtar 2015b)
bishop (ⲉⲡⲓⲥ): l. 5
epideacon of Great (Church of) Jesus of abba Seleukos, bishop (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲥⲉⲗⲉⲩ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲉⲡⲓⲥ ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲙⲉ ⲉⲡ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b 'great priest and famous'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
great lector (ⲁⲛⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲙⲉ): l. 6
nauarches (ⲛⲁⲩⲁⲣⲭⲏ): l. 6
naukrates (ⲛⲁⲩⲕⲣⲁ̇ⲑⲏ): l. 6
elder (?) of ruler (ⲁⲛⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍ ... ⲅⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲕⲁⲉ): l. 7
ruler (= king) (ⲁⲛⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 7
great lector of Odo (ⲟⲇⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲁ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 7
second epideacon (ⲉⲡ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲇⲉⲩⲧ): l. 7 (Griffith 1928b: 'the famous one and a second time'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
nauarches of Nawi (ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲏⲥ ⲛⲁⲩⲁ̇ⲣ): l. 8 (Griffith 1928b: 'seller [?] of ships [?] and admiral'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 8
king (ⲥ̇ⲕⲉⲡⲧⲓⲟⲣ): l. 8
ruler (= king) (ⲕⲩⲣⲁⲛⲟⲛ): l. 9
great epideacon (ⲉⲡ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲙⲉ): l. 9 (Griffith 1928b: 'the famous and great'; corr. Łajtar)
Ceasar (= king) (ⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁⲛ): l. 10
councillor of Ceasar Koudanbes (ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁⲛⲡⲉ[ⲥⲁ] ⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲣⲟ̇ⲇⲣⲏ̇), ll. 9–10
orthodox archbishop (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲛ): l. 10
king (ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲟⲥ): ll. 11, 14
doug( )ikshil: daug( )ikshi (ⲇⲁⲩ⸌ⲅ⸍ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲓ): l. 11
rex (= king) (ⲣⲓⲝ): ll. 12 (x3), 13
chartoularios (ⲕⲁⲣⲧⲟⲗⲁⲟⲥ): l. 18 (Griffith 1928b: as personal name; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Great (Church of) Jesus in Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉⲟⲥ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b: as personal name; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Timikleos (= Dongola) (ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲕⲗⲉⲟⲥ): l. 5
Great (Church of) Jesus (ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙⲉ): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b: 'great priest'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Great (Church of) Jesus of abba Seleukos, bishop (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲥⲉⲗⲉⲩ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲉⲡⲓⲥ ⲓ̄ⲥ̄ ⲙⲉ): l. 5 (Griffith 1928b 'great priest and famous'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Odo (ⲟⲇⲟⲛ): l. 7
Nawi (ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲏⲥ): l. 8 (Griffith 1928b: 'seller [?] of ships [?]'; corr. Łajtar forthcoming [a])
Source
Griffith 1928, pl. 3
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1928, pl. 4
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar forthcoming (a)
Other editions
Griffith 1913, pp. 57–58 (no. 1); Cledat 1915, pp. 47–48; Griffith 1928b, pp. 18–30 (no. 3), pls. 3–4
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1937, pp. 60–61, 65; Frend 1968, pp. 321–322; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 124, 125–126; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 12), esp. p. 354; Hägg 1990, p. 161; CSBE(2), pp. 313–314 (no. 18); I. QI, n. 277; Deptuła 2015, pp. 128, 134; Łajtar 2015b, pp. 236, 239; Hendrickx 2019, pp. 15–17 (on ll. 9–14)
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Text 558

Provenance
Wadi el-Natrun
Region
Egypt
Findspot
church el-Sitt Miryam, S haikal
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Deir el-Surian, Egypt
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
epitaph of King Georgios
Date
17 September 1157
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
bilingual text - Greek on the rim, Old Nubian inside circle; Griffith 1928b – AD 1158; corrected by Bagnall – Worp 1986; date in Old Nubian part only; 17 September 1157 fell on Tuesday; lunar day incorrect – 5 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle
Material
marble
Object dimensions
Diam: 72
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
white
Text colour
 
Lines
24 + 2
Height of letters
 
Description
round offering tray; double raised edge bearing Greek text, Old Nubian in central part
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
17 September 1157
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
lunar calendar
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲧⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩⲁ̇ⲉⲓⲗⲁ ⲅⲓⲛⲕⲉⲣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛⲛ̣ⲁ̣̇ ⲱ̄ⲕ︦ⲃ̄︥ⲗⲟ ⲉ̇ⲛⲟⲛⲁ
ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲧⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⲩⲁ̇ⲉⲓⲗⲁ · ⲇ̄ · ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛⲛⲁ · ⲱ︦ⲙ︦ⲏ︥̄ⲗⲟ ⲉ̇ⲛⲟⲛⲁ
ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛⲛⲁ · ⲱ︦ⲟ︦ⲇ︥̄ · ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥̄̄ⲗⲁ · ⲕ̄ · ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ · ⲓ︤ⲇ︥̄ · ⲡⲟⲩϣⲛ̄ · ⲃ · ⲗⲟ · ⲉ̇ⲛⲟⲛⲁ
Transcription
"in the month of Tapot (= Epeiph), taking place on (day) eleven, when it was (year) 822 of «from the Martyrs»" (ll. 16–17)
"in the month of Tapot, (day) 4, when it was (year) 848 of «from the Martyrs»" (ll. 18–19)
"when it was (year) of 874 «from the Martyrs», on Thoth 20, (day) 14 of the moon, (day) 2 of poush (= Monday)" (ll. 22–4)
Months
ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲧ
ⲑ︤ⲱ︦ⲑ︥̄̄
Weakdays
ⲡⲟⲩϣⲛ̄ · ⲃ · ⲗⲟ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 1 (Greek); (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲓ): ll. 9, 16 (Old Nubian)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
photo by C. Calaforra-Rzepka
Image
Image not available
Source
Griffith 1928, fig. on p. 8
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
van Gerven Oei 2011, pp. 225–62, fig. 1
Other editions
Griffith 1928b, pp. 2–12 (no. 1), fig. on p. 8, pl. 1; Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 190–3 (Old Nubian only)
Other publications
Burkitt 1930, pp. 209–10; Plumley 1978, pp. 238–9; P. QI 1 11, commentary to ll. 8–9; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 114; Bagnall – Worp 1986, passim (no. 3); Łajtar 1996c, p. 105 (no. 1); Welsby 2002, p. 89–90, fig. 34; CSBE(2), p. 86, n. 127, pp. 313–14 (no. 5), p. 317; Brakmann 2006, p. 305; CSCN, pp. 68, 238, 336, table 47 on p. 337; Łajtar 2014b, n. 1 on p. 221
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Text 559

Provenance
Nauri
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Museum no.
Acc. No. E.29-1929
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
division of profits from land between Thadeosi and Isounga; king Basil appearing
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 9; W: 30
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
12
Height of letters
 
Description
irregular piece of goat leather
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲃⲁⲥⲗ̄ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄ {ⲟⲙⲁⲣⲓ} ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription
"King Basil being king" (l. 1)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 1; (ⲟⲩⲣ): l. 1
bishop of Sai (ⲍⲁⲉⲓ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 1–2
angagett of Seven Lands (ⲉⲡⲧⲁ ⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲁⳟⲁⲅⲉⲧⲧ): ll. 2–3 (Zyhlarz 1932 ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁⳟⲁⲅⲉⲧⲧ; corr. A. Łajtar & B. Wojciechowski)
priest (⳦): ll. 8, 9
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Sai (ⲍⲁⲉⲓ): l. 1
Seven Lands (ⲉⲡⲧⲁ ⲭⲱⲣⲁ): l. 2 (Zyhlarz 1932 ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲭⲱⲣⲁ; corr. A. Łajtar)
Oppini (ⲟⲡⲡⲓⲛⲓ): l. 3
Source
Griffith 1928, no. 2, pl. 2
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 187–190
Other editions
Griffith 1928b, pp. 12–18 (no. 2), pl. 2
Other publications
Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 238, 241; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 64; Plumley 1978, pp. 239–40; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 112–113; Łajtar 2006a, p. 94; Edwards 2012, p. 151, fig. 6.14; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 227 (no. 32)
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Text 560

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 2a, east wall, north of entrance to room 5
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Georgios, archbishop
Date
29 June 1113
Notes
'God of the spirits' type
weekday correct
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 27.5; W: 25.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
greyish-blueish
Text colour
red
Lines
24
Height of letters
0.6-1.8
Description
roughly rectangular plaque
Decorative elements
letters in the middle painted red to form a cross
State of preservation
complete; put together from 2 fragments
Date
29 June 1113
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
day of the week
Dating formulae
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲏ ⲉ̄ ⲙⲏ⸌ⲛ⸍ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲱ̄︤ⲕ̄︥ⲑ ⲏ̇ⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ ⲱⲣⲁ ⲋ̄
Transcription
"in the month of Epeiph, (day) 5, (in the year) from the Martyrs 829, on Sunday, in the sixth hour" (ll. 18–19)
Months
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲏ
Weakdays
ⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁ︦ⲃ︦): ll. 5, 13, 18
archbishop (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 5
archimandrite of Great (monastery of) Anthony (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲁⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): ll. 5–6; (ⲟ ⲙⲉⲅⲁⲥ ⲁⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍): l. 14
archistylites of (monastery of) the Holy Trinity (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲥⲧⲩ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲅⲓⲁⲥ): ll. 13–14
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Great (monastery of) Anthony (ⲁⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 6; (ⲟ ⲙⲉⲅⲁⲥ ⲁⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 14
(monastery of) the Holy Trinity (ⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲅⲓⲁⲥ) ll. 13–14
Source
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, fig. 5
Image
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Source
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, fig. on p. 21
Image
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Latest edition
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, pp. 18–22, no. I, fig. on p. 21 and fig. 5
Other editions
Łajtar 1997a, pp. 120–121, no. 4; Łajtar 2002, pp. 164–184, pl. after p. 164
Other publications
Jakobielski 1994, p. 118; Jakobielski 1995a, p. 40; Łajtar 1995, pp. 50–55; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106, no. 31; Martens-Czarnecka 2001b, p. 220–221, fig. 1; Łajtar – Pluskota 2001, p. 347; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 42, pls. 20, 21.1; CSBE(2), p. 86, n. 125, p. 317; Brakmann 2006, pp. 297, 314; Martens-Czarnecka 2006, p. 321, fig. 1; Jakobielski 2008, p. 291, fig. 12; CSCN, table 47 on p. 337; Godlewski 2013a, fig. on p. 117; Godlewski 2013b, pp. 663–665, fig. 1; Łajtar 2014b, p. 224; Łajtar 2015b, pp. 241–242; CIEN 5, no. 73; Godlewski 2018b, p. 57, fig. 4.17; Obłuski 2019, p. 287; Łajtar 2020a, p. 14; Mahler 2022, pp. 416–418, fig. on p. 416
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Text 561

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 14, north wall; above Text 1989
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
inscription commemorating nomination of Georgios to office of archimandrite
Date
27 February 1060
Notes
Phamenoth 2 = Sunday only in 1060 (leap year) before 1063, when Georgios became archbishop
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
27 February 1060
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Dating formulae
ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲟⲑⲗⲁ ·ⲃ̄·ⲗⲟ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ̇ⲕⲉ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription
"Phamenoth 2, when it was Sunday" (ll. 2–3)
Months
ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲟⲑ-ⲗⲁ
Weakdays
ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ̇ⲕⲉ
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
abba (ⲁⲃ): l. 1
archpriest (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍⳦): l. 1
archistylites (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲥⲧⲩⲗⲏ[---]): l. 1
archimandrite (?) (lit. head of congregation) (ⲧⲙ︦ⲙⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲣ): l. 2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Jakobielski 2005d, fig. 5
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 2002, pp. 186–8 (no. 2)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Jakobielski 1999, p. 143, fig. 6; Łajtar – Pluskota 2001, p. 348, fig. 2; CSBE(2), p. 316; Jakobielski 2005b, p. 112, fig. 5; Godlewski 2013b, p. 667; Obłuski 2019, p. 276
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Text 562

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-east unit (service area), fill
Excavation no.
D.27/91-2
Present location
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.
SNM 31494
Medium
stela
Technique
incised before firing
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Greek
Content
epitaph of Ioannes, monk
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
terracotta
Object dimensions
H: 26.3; W: 21; Th: 4
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
10
Height of letters
0.7-1.9
Description
rectangular terracotta plaque; epigraphic field framed by high raise border
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Dating formulae
ⲉⲛ ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲁⲑⲩⲣ ⲓ︤ⲅ̄︥ ⲏ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲍ̄
Transcription
"in the month of Athyr, (day) 13, on day 7 (= Saturday)" (ll. 6–7)
Months
ⲁⲑⲩⲣ
Weakdays
ⲏ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲍ̄
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
monk (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): ll. 5–6
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2001a, fig. 1
Image
Image not available
Source
Łajtar 2001a, fig. 2
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 2001a, pp. 327–34, figs. 1–2
Other editions
Łajtar 1997a, p. 123, no. 8
Other publications
Żurawski 1994, n. 35 on p. 337, fig. 20; Łajtar 1995, pp. 48–50; Jakobielski 2001b, p. 42; Catalogue Warsaw 2006, pp. 56–7, no. 16; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684, no. 10
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Text 563

Provenance
Dongola
Region
Makuria
Findspot
monastery on kom H, north-west annex, passage from room 23 to room 29
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Dongola, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Greek
Content
inscription left by Paule, cleric, with quotation from Hebrews 5:4
Date
1000–1199
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: 12; W: 50
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
1.3-5.8
Description
incised 67 cm above floor level
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
1000–1199
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
: ⲑⲱ︤ⲑ̄︥ : ⲙ̣ⲏⲛⲟⲥ : ⲓ︤ⲃ̄︥ :
Transcription
"in the month of Thoth, (day) 12" (l. 3)
Months
ⲑⲱ︤ⲑ̄︥
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
cleric (ⲕⲗⲏ): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Łajtar 2001d, fig. 1
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar 2001d, pp. 210–215, fig. 1
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 136 (no. 115); Obłuski 2019, table 4, sub 8; Łajtar 2020a, p. 11; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D17; Łajtar 2021, p. 169
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Text 564

Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stone block
Technique
incised (inscription)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
inscription of unknown character naming unidentified king and Akiri, eparch of Nobadia
Date
1000–1499
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
4
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular block, text incised in Nubian type majuscules
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete, broken on both sides
Date
1000–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
tot of Ameudi (?) (ⲁ̇ⲙⲉⲩⲇⲛ̄ ⲧ̣ⲟ⸌ⲧ̣⸍ⲧⲁ): l. 2 (or 'son of Ameudi?')
king (ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 3
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Ameudi (?) (ⲁ̇ⲙⲉⲩⲇⲛ̄): l. 2 (or proper name?)
Anen... (ⲁ̇ⲛⲉⲛ ̣ ̣ ̣): l. 2 (or proper name?)
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓ): l. 3
Source
Millet 1964, pl.VIII, 23
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2023, pp. 76–80 No. 6), fig. 6
Other editions
Rostkowska 1982, n. 10 on p. 212
Other publications
Millet 1964, p. 11, pl. 8.23; Leclant 1965, p. 205; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 134; Łajtar 2014c, p. 951
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