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TrismegistosTM text 141608

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

Offices & titles: brother (= monk) (ⲥⲁⲛ): ll. 6–7

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Bode Museum archives
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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TrismegistosTM text 120441

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

Offices & titles: catholic priest (⳦ ⲕⲁ⸌ⲑ⸍): l. 2

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: photo G. Ochała
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 12, pl. 96, Gr. 429: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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TrismegistosTM text 98509

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

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, 6 (plates), 12, pl. 99, Gr. 550: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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TrismegistosTM text 101559

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

Offices & titles: brother (= monk) (ⲥⲟⲛ): l. 5
monk (ⲡⲙ⸌ⲟ̣⸍ⲛⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ll. 6–7

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Ghazali 45
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Source: Lepsius 1849–59, 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 44: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/tafelwa6.html
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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TrismegistosTM text 141609

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

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])

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Griffith 1928, pl. 3
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Source: Griffith 1928, pl. 4
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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TrismegistosTM text 141610

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

Offices & titles: king (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 1 (Greek); (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲓ): ll. 9, 16 (Old Nubian)

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: photo by C. Calaforra-Rzepka
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Source: Griffith 1928, fig. on p. 8
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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TrismegistosTM text 141611

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

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

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Griffith 1928, no. 2, pl. 2
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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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

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

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, fig. 5
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Source: Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, fig. on p. 21
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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; Łajtar 2020a, p. 14; Mahler 2022, pp. 416–418, fig. on p. 416

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Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 14, north wall; above DBMNT 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

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

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Jakobielski 2005d, fig. 5
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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

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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

Offices & titles: monk (ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ): ll. 5–6

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2001a, fig. 1
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Source: Łajtar 2001a, fig. 2
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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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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

Offices & titles: cleric (ⲕⲗⲏ): l. 3

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source
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Source: Łajtar 2001d, fig. 1
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Łajtar 2001d, pp. 210–215, fig. 1
Other editions

Other publications: Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 136 (no. 115); Łajtar 2020a, p. 11; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. D17; Łajtar 2021, p. 169

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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

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

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Millet 1964, pl.VIII, 23
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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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