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TrismegistosTM text 141637

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.: NI 74.1.30.6(4) (74/14.4)
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: release from purchase; king Mouses Georgios appearing
Date: probably 1155–circa 1180
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 27; W: 49.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 16
Height of letters

Description: no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: probably 1155–circa 1180
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄ ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲗ̄ = ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ · ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ·
Transcription: "King Moses, Koudil, being king of Dotawo" (l. 2)
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Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 2
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 2
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲉⲛ): l. 2
architriklinios (ⲟⲇⳡ ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲣ): l. 3
tot of Ngissin-Nga (ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲛ̄ ⳟⲁⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 3 (or 'son of Ngissin Ngal')
triklinios of Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲅⲥⲛ̄ ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ): ll. 3–4
ikshil (ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲗ̄): l. 4; (ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲓ): l. 6
potentiary (?) of Ngopko and Sikkoti (ⳟⲟⲡⲕⲟⲇⲇⲉ ⲥⲕ̄ⲕⲟⲧⲗ̄ⲇⲉⲕⲉⲛ ⲣ̄ⲧ): l. 4
abba (ⲡⲁⲡⲟ): l. 5
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲓⲗⲓⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): l. 5
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 6
ngeshsh of domestikos (ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧⲛ̄ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 7
ngeshsh of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲅⲟⲩⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 7
meizoteros (ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): l. 11
priest (ⲥⲟⲣⲧⲟ): l. 11
tot of Adindan (ⲁⲧⲛ̄ⲇⲁⲛⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 11
tot of Ionngal (ⳟⲁⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 12 (P. QI 3 31: ⲡⲁⲡⲓⲉⲓⲟⲛ ⳟⲁⲛ· ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄̄ⲗⲟ, ‘and Papi, Tot of Nga(l)’; NOM 4, no. 1b: ⲡⲁⲡⲓ ⲉⲓⲟⲛⳟⲁⲛ· ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄̄ⲗⲟ, ‘Papi, son of Ionngal’ or 'Papi, tot of Ionngal')
ngeshsh of Istigi (ⲉⲓⲥⲧⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 13 (P. QI 3 31: ⲙⲁⲙⲉ ⲉⲥ̄ⲧⲓⲡⲛ̄ ⳟⲉϣϣⲗ̄ⲗⲟ, ‘Ngeshsh of Mame-Eistipi’; NOM 4, no. 1c: ‘Mame, ngeshsh of Istigi’)
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ̇ⲕⲟⲛ): l. 15

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 2
Ngissin-Nga (ⳟⲥ︦ⲥⲛ︦ ⳟⲁ): l. 3 (or personal name?)
Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲅⲥⲛ︦): l. 3
Ngopko (ⳟⲟⲡⲕⲟ): l. 4
Sikkoti (ⲥⲕ︦ⲕⲟⲧⲗ︦): l. 4
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲗ): l. 5; (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 6; (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲛ): l. 7
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲓⲗⲓⲙⲛ︦): l. 5
Adindan (ⲁⲧⲛ︦ⲇⲁⲛ): l. 11
Ionngal (ⲉⲓⲟⲛⳟⲁⲛ): l. 12 (P. QI 3 31: ⲡⲁⲡⲓⲉⲓⲟⲛ ⳟⲁⲛ· ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄̄ⲗⲟ, ‘and Papi, Tot of Nga(l)’; NOM 4, no. 1b: ⲡⲁⲡⲓ ⲉⲓⲟⲛⳟⲁⲛ· ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄̄ⲗⲟ, ‘Papi, son of Ionngal’ or 'Papi, tot of Ionngal')
Paras (= Faras) (?) (ⲡⲁⲇⲥⲓ): l. 13
Istigi (ⲉⲓⲥⲧⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 13 (P. QI 3 31: ⲙⲁⲙⲉ ⲉⲥ̄ⲧⲓⲡⲛ̄ ⳟⲉϣϣⲗ̄ⲗⲟ, ‘Ngeshsh of Mame-Eistipi’; NOM 4, no. 1c: ‘Mame, ngeshsh of Istigi’)

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 3 31
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, passim; Osman 1982, passim; Browne 1998c, p. 22; Bechhaus-Gerst 2000, p. 18; Łajtar 2006a, p. 95; Hendricx 2011, pp. 47–48; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–270 (generally on Archive 3); Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 221 (no. 14); Ruffini 2014a, n. 4 on p. 961; NOM 4, no. 2 (on ll. 3–4, 12, & 13)

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TrismegistosTM text 141638

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.: NI 74.1.30.6(3) (74/14.3)
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: deed of land sale by Shirepi to Nasri; king Mouses Georgios appearing
Date: probably 1155–circa 1180
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 41.2; W: 21.8
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 28
Height of letters

Description: no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation: apparently complete

Date: probably 1155–circa 1180
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: : ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription: "King Georgios being king of Dotawo" (ll. 2–3)
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Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): ll. 2, 22
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): ll. 3–4
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 4
triklinios of Ngo (ⳟⲟⲛ ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ): l. 5
triklinios of Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲛ̄ ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ): ll. 5–6
great scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲧⲓⲉ̇ ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲣ): ll. 6–7
epistolary scribe (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲗⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉ̇): l. 7
oikonomos (ⳟⲟⲕⲕⲁ ⲣ̄ⳡⲓⲣ): l. 8
doug( )ikshil (ⲇⲟⲩ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲗ̄): l. 9 (P. QI 3 32: ‘ikshil of Douksi’)
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 10
domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲙⲧ): l. 10
silentiary (ⲅⲟⲧⲧⲁⲙⲉⲧⲧ): l. 11
goush of Arminna (ⲁ̇ⲇⲓⲙⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲛ ⲅⲟⲩϣ): ll. 12–13
chief (ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ): l. 18
choiakishshil (ⲕⲓⲁ̇ⲕϣ̄ϣⲗ̄): l. 22
priest in retinue of King Georgios (ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ̄ ⳦ⲧⲟⲛ ⲁⲕⲓⲇⲉⲗⲗⲟ): ll. 22–23

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 3
Ngo(l) (ⳟⲟ): l. 5
Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲛ︦): ll. 5–6; (ⲇⲟⲩ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 9
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲓⲛ ⲅⲟⲩⲗ): ll. 8–9; (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 10; (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲗ): l. 11
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥ): l. 10
Koupanni (ⲕⲟⲩⲡⲁⲛⲛⲓ): l. 13
Amikke East (ⲁ︦ⲙⲕ︦ⲕⲉ ⲙⲁⲧⲧⲟ): ll. 13–14
Mosmosi (ⲙⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥⲛ︦): l. 23

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 3 32
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, passim; Plumley 1981, p. 8; Osman 1982, passim; Łajtar 1992a, pp. 123–124 (no. 4); Satzinger 1995, col. 423; Browne 1998c, p. 22; Bechhaus-Gerst 2000, pp. 17, 18, 19; Hendricx 2011, pp. 48–51; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–270 (generally on Archive 3); Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 221 (no. 15); Deptuła 2015, p. 131 with n. 46; NOM 4, no. 3 (on ll. 18–20)

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TrismegistosTM text 141639

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.: NI 74.1.30.6(18) (74/14.18)
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: release of slave Apa by Kapopi; King Mouses Georgios appearing
Date: probably 1155–circa 1180
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 17; W: 21
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 20
Height of letters

Description: rectangular piece of leather
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete but for several lacunae; part of left margin missing

Date: probably 1155–circa 1180
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲟⲩ ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲉⲗⲗⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣ̇⸌ⲟⲩ⸍ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ·
Transcription: "Moise Georgios, king, papelli, being king of Dotawo" (l. 2)
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Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲟⲩ): l. 2; (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ̄): l .12
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲟⲩ⸍): l. 2
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 3
architriklinios (ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣ): l. 3
abba (ⲡⲁⲡⲟ): l. 3
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 4, 13
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 4
domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲛ̄ ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧ): ll. 4–5
ngeshsh of domestikos (ⲥⲁⲙⲧⲓⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 5
meizoteros (ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): l. 6
timakkis (ⲑⲓⲙⲁⲕⲓⲍ̄ⲓ): l. 13
chief (ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ): l. 14
priest (⳦ⲉ): l. 15 (x2)
lector (ⲁ̇ⲛⲁ⸌ⲅ̣⸍): l. 15 (P. QI 33: ⲇⲁⲩⲧⲓⲁ̄ⲛⲁ, ‘Dautiana’; NOM 4, no. 4c: ⲇⲁⲩⲧⲓ ⲁⲛⲁ⸌ⲅ̣⸍, ‘Dauti, lector’)
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 16; (ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍ⲛⲟ): l. 16
ngeshsh of Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲕⲉⲧⲓⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 17
'meske' of bishop (?) (ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲛ̄ ⲙⲉⲥⲕⲉⲗ): l. 17 (P. QI 3 33: ⲙⲉⲇⳝⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲛ̄ ⲙⲉⲥⲕⲉⲗⲗⲟ, 'the servant of Papasi, Meskel'; corr. NOM 4, no. 4d)
great priest (⳦ⲉ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲅ⸍): l. 19

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 2
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗⲙⲛ︦): ll. 4, 7, 13
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 4
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥ): ll. 4–5
Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲕⲉⲧⲓ): l. 17

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 3 33, pl. 2 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-32-53-59.jpg)
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, passim; Osman 1982, passim; Satzinger 1995, col. 423; Adams 1996, p. 235 (translation), table 18; Edwards 2011, p. 94; Hendricx 2011, pp. 48–51; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 248, 265–270 (generally on Archive 3); Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 222 (no. 16); NOM 4, no. 4 (on ll. 14, 15, & 17)

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TrismegistosTM text 141640

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house 763 (Israel's Archive)
Excavation no.: 82.1.25/19 A
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo (?)
Museum no.: 188 (?)

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: letter
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: letter from Basileios to Israel, domestikos of Pachoras
Date: 1100–1299
Notes: address in Greek

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: 12; W: 18
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 9
Height of letters

Description: no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 1100–1299
Chronological systems: day of the week

Dating formulae: ⲕⲩⲣⲁ̣ⲕⲉⲗⲟⲗⲟ
Transcription: "on Sunday" (l. 2)
Months
Weakdays: ⲕⲩⲣⲁⲕⲉ
Feasts

Offices & titles: domestikos of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣ⸌ⲁ⸍): ii, l. 1

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Soulou (ⲥⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩⲟⲩ): ii, l. 1
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣ⸌ⲁ⸍): ii, l. 1

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 2 26
Other editions

Other publications: Adams - Alexander - Allen 1983, p. 54; Adams 1996, p. 243 (translation); Khalil – Müller 1999, p. 21; Bechhaus-Gerst 2000, pp. 23–25 (for 'soulou'); Ruffini 2012a, pp. 207–212 (no. B); Ruffini 2014a, n. 4 on p. 961; Ruffini 2014b, pp. 226, 227; Weschenfelder 2015, pp. 287–288, 296–299

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TrismegistosTM text 141641

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.: (INT 9) 80.1.22/15 [NI 91]
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: subliterary: horoscope
Language: Old Nubian
Content: fragments of four horoscope entries concerning women born in Thoth and men born in Phaophi
Date: 1000–1399
Notes: P. QI II 20 reconstructs Phaophi, and Libra and Skorpion to large extent too

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 9.8; W: 10.6
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: i: 15, ii: 15
Height of letters

Description: irregular fragment of parchment, probably leaf of a codex; text on both sides
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentarily preserved

Date: 1000–1399
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: (flesh side)
ⲫⲱⲑⲗⲁ̄ [ⳟⲁⳟⲛ̄] ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲕⲕⲉⲛ

(hair side)
[--- ⲫⲁⲱⲫ]ⲗⲁ̄ … ⲓ̣ϭ̣[ϭⲓⲛⲓⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲕⲕⲉⲛ]
Transcription: "in Thoth" (flesh, l. 6)
"sign of Libra ([ⲅⲁⲅⲛ︦?] ⲕⲟⲩⲕⲕⲉ)" (flesh, l. 7)
"sign of Scorpio (ⲓϭ[ϭⲓⲛⲓⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲕⲕⲉⲛ])" (hair, ll. 14–15)
Months: ⲫⲱⲑ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 2, pl. II
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Browne 2004b, p. 52
Other editions: P. QI 2 20, pl. II; Browne 1989a, pp. 72–73, 92

Other publications: Browne 1992c, p. 383; Browne 1995a, p. 456; Adams 2010, p. 246 (translation); Browne 1998c, p. 22; Ruffini 2012a, pp. 228–229; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI85 (cf. p. 195)

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TrismegistosTM text 141642

Provenance: Kulubnarti
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house A1, room 1-5, site 21-S-2
Excavation no.: 371
Present location: University of Kentucky Museum of Anthropology
Museum no.: 85.2.749

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: perhaps deed requesting donation
Date: probably 1150–1199
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'
the name of Georgios reconstructed in Browne 2000d

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 16; W: 26
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 17
Height of letters

Description: rectangular piece of leather
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentarily preserved; right part lacking; a few lacunas; in poor condition; roughly legible in places

Date: probably 1150–1199
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: [ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄]
Transcription: "[King Georgios being king of Dotawo]" (l. 1)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 2
architriklinios ([ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ]ⲁ ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲣ): l. 2
chief (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲛ⸍): l. 7 (or anthroponym?)
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩ[ⳟ]): l. 3
priest (⳦): l. 11
ouataphil (ⲟⲩⲁⲧⲁⲫⲓⲗ): l. 11

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Nga(l) (ⳟⲁ): l. 10 (uncertain whether toponym)

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Browne 2000d, pl. on p. 184
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Browne 2000d, pp. 177–83, pl. on p. 184
Other editions

Other publications: Adams 1970, p. 149; Adams 1994, p. 310; Adams – Adams 1998, p. 88; Browne 2003d, pp. 11–13; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 228 (no. 33); NOM 3, no. 15 (on l. 7)

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Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: house 763, upper fill
Excavation no.: 82.1.19/14
Present location: Coptic Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 12042

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: liturgical: lectionary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: fragment of lectionary with John 7:28–29, 1:18–28
Date: 1000–1399
Notes: Browne 2001a misprints inv. no. as QI 82.1.19/24

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 7.8; W: 5.7
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Lines: flesh: 10, hair: 11
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Description: fragmentary codex leaf
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary, one side margin preserved, large lacunae

Date: 1000–1399
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
liturgical calendar

Dating formulae: ⲭ̣ⲟ̣ⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍ : ⲇ̄ :
Transcription: "Choiak 4" (flesh, l. 6)
Months: ⲭ̣ⲟ̣ⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍
Weakdays
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Offices & titles

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Browne 2004b, pp. 62–63
Other editions: Browne 2001a, pp. 113–116

Other publications: Brakmann 2006, p. 295; Łajtar 2014a, p. 393; Ochała 2013, passim, esp. p. 193; Ochała 2015, passim, esp. pp. 10–11, 27–28; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 135 (no. 89); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI55

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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Ägyptisches Museum/Papyrussammlung, Berlin
Museum no.: P. 11277

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: deed of land sale by Ionngoka to Iesou, his son; king Dauid appearing
Date: probably 1132–1155
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 32; W: 22
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Lines: 23
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Date: probably 1132–1155
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲇ̄︤ⲁ︦ⲇ̄︥ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄ ⲧⲉⲉⲓⲧⲓ [ⲅⲉⲛⲕⲟ]ⲗ · ⲇⲟⲧⲁⲩⲟ̣ⲛ · ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ·
Transcription: "King David, who has a good hope, being king of Dotawo" (ll. 2–3)
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Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 2
king of Dotawo (ⲇoⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 4
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙ[ⲓ]ⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟ): ll. 4–5
domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ︦ ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧ): l. 5
vice-eparch of Terpekkil ... (ⲧⲉⲣⲡⲉⲕⲕⲗ̄ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲥ]ⲟⳟⲟⳝⲓⲙⲁⲣ): ll. 6–7
goush of K....ija (ⲕ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ⲓⳝⲁ .︦ ⲅⲟⲩϣ): ll. 7–8
priest of Dirr (ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲣⲧⲟ): ll. 14, 16

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇoⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 3
Nobadia (ⲙ[ⲓ]ⲅⲛ︦): ll. 4–5
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ︦): l. 5
Terpekkil (ⲧⲉⲣⲡⲉⲕⲕⲗ︦): l. 6
K...ija (ⲕ[....]ⲓⳝⲁ .︦): ll. 7–8
Dirr (ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ︦): ll. 14, 16

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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Browne 1992a, pp. 454–8
Other editions: Griffith 1913, pp. 53–5; Zyhlarz 1928, pp. 188–9; Khalil 1990, pp. 267–71

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 101; Monneret de Villard 1938, pp. 117, 141; Plumley 1978, pp. 239–40; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 131; Browne 1989b, pp. 216–19; Browne 1998c, p. 25; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 227 (no. 31)

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Provenance: Abkanarti
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: not recorded
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: letter
Language: Old Nubian
Content: letter to Ioakim concerning agricultural matters
Date: probably 1100–1199
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 10; W: 11.2
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Lines: i: 15; ii: 1 (address)
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Description: roughly square piece of parchment, written on both sides - on hair side only address
Decorative elements
State of preservation: well preserved; although part of left margin missing, text almost completely restorable

Date: probably 1100–1199
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: · ⲁⲇⲓⲣ · ⲃ̄ⲕⲟⲛ ·
Transcription: "after Athyr 2" (flesh, l. 8)
Months: ⲁⲇⲓⲣ
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Offices & titles: timeko( ) (ⲧⲓⲙⲉⲕ⸌ⲟ⸍): ii, l. 1

Toponyms & ethnonyms: (church of) Saint Menas (ⳟⲓⲥⲥⲓⲙⲏⲛⲁ): i, l. 1

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Browne 2003, fig. 1
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Latest edition: Browne 2003a, pp. 9–14, figs. 1–2
Other editions: Donadoni 1965, pp. 24–7

Other publications: Catalogue Madrid 1963; Almagro et alii 1965, p. 92, pl. 19b; Presedo Velo 1965, p. 57, pl. 39; Catalogue Barcelona 2003, p. 141 (no. 43)

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Provenance: Meinarti
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: church, reused in foundation
Excavation no.: 6-K-3/625
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 18100

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Arabic
Content: epitaph of Raḥīma
Date: 12 November 1063
Notes: the same hand as in DBMNT 511
12 November fell on Wednesday

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: not recorded
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Lines: 12
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Description: roughly trapezoid block, narrowing towards top; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements: crudely incised David star flanked by two pentagrams in upper part above text
State of preservation: completely preserved

Date: 12 November 1063
Chronological systems: day of the week
Era of the Saracens
Islamic calendar

Dating formulae
Transcription: "on Monday, when thirteen (nights) remained of (the month of) Dhū al-Qa‘da (= 18 Dhū al-Qa‘da), year five and fifty and four hundred" (ll. 8–11)
Months: Dhū al-Qa‘da
Weakdays: Monday
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Source: Browne 2006, fig. 2
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Latest edition: Browne 2006b, pp. 30–31, fig. 2 (= TEI 41058)
Other editions

Other publications: Adams 2001, p. 100; Adams 2002, p. 79–80 (translation), pl. 20d (2); Adams 2003, p. 73, pls. 6f, 17d; CSCN, pp. 168, 169, table 25 on p. 171

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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.: SNM 9604 (old Karima Museum no. 65)

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of Stephanos
Date: 27 April 795
Notes: reading of indiction suggested by Łajtar (personal communication); 3rd indiction would be correct

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 33; W: 33; Th: 6-7
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Lines: 8
Height of letters: 2-3

Description: upper part of slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: text relatively well preserved only in first 7 lines

Date: 27 April 795
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
Era of Diocletian
indiction

Dating formulae: ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ ⲃ̣̄ ⲓ̣ⲛ̣⸌ⲇ̣⸍ ̣̄ ̣ ̣ [---] ⲫ̄ⲓ︦ⲁ̄︥

(transcription by Ochała)
Transcription: "in the month of Pachon, day (2), in the [ ] indiction, [year from Diocletian] 511 (?)" (ll. 7–8)
Months: ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ
Weakdays
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Source: Tsakos 2009, phot. 5
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Latest edition: Tsakos 2009a, pp. 225–7 (no. 6), fig. 5
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Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Gebel Barkal Museum, Karima
Museum no.: SNM 9605 (old Karima Museum no. 66)

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: unidentified
Language: Greek (?)
Content: fragment of unidentified inscription
Date: 29 August 828–24 March 829
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 29; W: 20; Th: 9-10
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Lines: ca. 12
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Description: fragment of slab; text seems to consist of 3 parts, one of which is date, the other 2 unidentifiable
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentarily preserved

Date: 29 August 828–24 March 829
Chronological systems: Era of the World Creation
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: [--- ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏⲧⲓⲁ]ⲛⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ ⲫⲙ̄︥ⲉ <ⲉ>⸌ⲧ⸍ⲏ ⲕ︤ⲙ︦ⲩ︥ ⲋ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲕⲁ ⸌†⸍

(transcription by Ochała)
Transcription: "(in the year from) Diocletian 545, (in the year from) the Creation of the World 6321" (outer border)
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Source: Tsakos 2009, phot. 6
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Latest edition: Tsakos 2009a, pp. 227–8 (no. 7), fig. 6
Other editions

Other publications: CSCN, pp. 194–5, 200–1

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