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TrismegistosTM text 141671

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.: unknown
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90229

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: deed of land sale by Chammeti to Marturokouda; king Georgiou Basileos Dauid appearing
Date: circa 1268–before 1276
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: not registered
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 31
Height of letters

Description: trapezoidal piece of leather; text written along shorter edges
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete, put together from several pieces; layout of lines disturbed on the photo, in central part

Date: circa 1268–before 1276
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: :ⲟⲩⲕⲩ ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲏ ·ⲑ̄· ⲛⲛ̄: ⲟⲩⲛ ·ⲑ· ⲛ̣ⲛ̄·
ⲅⲉⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲟⲥ ⲇⲁ̄ⲇ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲇⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ⲧⲁⲩⳣⲱ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̇ ⲛⲛ̄
Transcription: "when it was day 19 (of the month of) Pauni, when it was 9 (day) of the moon" (l. 1)
"King Georgiou Basileos Dauid being king of Dotawo" (l. 3)
Months: ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲏ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ⲧⲁⲩⳣⲱ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 3
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 4
property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉϣϣ): l. 4
ngeshsh of Atwa (ⲁⲧⲧⲁⲩⲧⲁ ⳟ̣ⲉϣϣ): l. 5
bishop of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲗ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲥ): l. 5
great eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ ⲇⲁⲩⳣⲓⲣ): l. 6
meizoteros of Adauou (ⲁⲇⲇⲁⳣⲏ ⲇⲁⲩⲅⲁⲧⲧ): l. 6
deputy of eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ ⳣⲥ̄ⲕⲧ̄ⲧ): l. 7
abba (ⲁⲡⲡⲁ): l. 7
bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲉ̇ⲡⲉⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟ̣ ⲉ̣ⲫⲣⲉⲙ): l. 7
tot of Arallou Island (ⲁⲣⲁⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧ̣ⲓ): l. 8
vice-eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ ⲙⲁⲣⲣ): l. 8
bishop of Kourte (ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲣ̣⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲡⲁⲡⲥ): ll. 8–9
algou (ⲁⲗⲅⲟⲩ): l. 9
ngeshsh of Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲉⲧⲓ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 9 (P. QI 4 67: 'Kourketi being ngeshsh'; corr. NOM 4, no. 20b)
goush (ⲅⲟⲩϣϣ): l. 10
asti (ⲁⲥⲧⲗ̄): l. 10; (ⲁⲥ̣ⲧ̣ⲓ): l. 17
eparch (ⲥⲟⳟ̣ⲟ̣ⳝ): l. 12
kostatneti? (ⲕⲟⲥⲧⲁⲧⲛⲉⲧ̣ⲓ̣ⲗⲟ): ll. 23–4; (ⲕⲟⲥⲧⲁⲧⲛⲉ̣ⲧⲓⲗⲟ): ll. 24–5 (or anthroponym?)
tot of Slave Island (?) (ⲟ̣ϣ̣ϣ̣ⲓ̣ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲓ): ll. 26–7; (ⲟϣϣ̣ⲓ̣ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲓ): ll. 27–8

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ⲧⲁⲩⳣⲱ): l. 3
Soulou (ⲥⲩⲣⲟⲩⳣⲓ): l. 4
Atwa (ⲁⲧⲧⲁⲩⲧⲁ): l. 5
Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲗ̄): l. 5
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓ): l. 6
Adauou (ⲁⲇⲇⲁⳣⲏ): l. 6
Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲉ̇ⲫⲣⲉⲙ): l. 7 (x2)
Arallou Island (ⲁⲣⲁⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ): l. 8
Kourte (ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲣ̣⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 8
Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲉⲧⲓ): l. 9 (P. QI 4 67: as personal name; corr. NOM 4, no. 20b)
Great Kousi (?) (ⲕⲟⲩⲥ̣ⲓ̣ ⲇⲁⲩⳣⲓⲗ): ll. 18–19; (ⲕⲟ̣ⲩⲥⲥⲏ ⲇⲁⲩⳣⲓⲗ): ll. 21–2
Koutti (?) (ⲕⲟⲩⲧⲧⲓ): l. 22
Slave Island (?) (ⲟ̣ϣ̣ϣ̣ⲓ̣ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ): ll. 26–7

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 4 67, fig. 5
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 67, fig. 5
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–106; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–235; Godlewski 1996, p. 38; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 206; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 182–183; Łajtar 2015b, p. 243; Weschenfelder 2015, pp. 297–299; NOM 4, no. 20 (on names in ll. 4, 9, 10, 17, 20, 23, 24–25); Obłuski 2019, pp. 239–240

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TrismegistosTM text 141672

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.: unknown
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90231

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: deed of land sale by Ida to Marturokouda; king Dauid appearing
Date: circa 1268–before 1276
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 25
Height of letters

Description: fragment of rectangular piece of leather; text written along longer edges
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; large part of left-hand side lost, but all margins preserved; ink obliterated in places

Date: circa 1268–before 1276
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲡ̣ⲁⲭⲟⲛⲛⲁ̣ ⲁ̄ ⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲛ[ⲛⲁ] ⲕ̣̄ⲑ̣̄ ⲛⲛ̄ … [--- ⲟⲩⲣⲟ]ⲩ̣ⳣⲏ ⲇ̄ⲁ̄ⲇ̄ ⲟ̣[ⲩⲣⲟⲩ]ⳣⲁ̄ ⲛ̣ⲛ
Transcription: "when it was Pachon 1, when it was 27th (day) of the moon ... King David being king (?)" (ll. 1–2)
Months: ⲡ̣ⲁⲭⲟⲛⲛ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king ([ⲟⲩⲣⲟ]ⲩ̣ⳣⲏ): l. 2; (ⲟ̣[ⲩⲣⲟⲩ]ⳣ): l. 2
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ̣): ll. 2–3
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 3
property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉϣ̣[---]): l. 3
triklinios (ⲁⲗⳡⲟⲣ): l. 3
scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲛ̣⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 4
bishop of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩ̣ⲅ̣ⲅ̣ⲗ̣ ⲡ̣ⲁⲡⲥⲁ̣): l. 4
great eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟ̣ⳝ ⲇⲁⲩⲣ): l. 4
meizoteros of Adauou (ⲁⲇⲇⲁⳣⲛ ⲇ̣[ⲁⲩⲕ]ⲁ̣ⲧ): l. 5
deputy of eparch (ⲥ̣[ⲟⳟ]ⲟ̣ⳝⲛ̄ ⳣⲥ̄ⲕⲧ̄ⲧ): l. 5
deputy of domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⳣ̣ⲓⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲥⲕⲧ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏ ⲥⲁⲙⲙ̣ⲁⲧⲁ): l. 5
bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ̄ ⲭⲁⲏ[ⲗ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟ]): l. 6; (ⲉⲡⲥ̣̄ⲕ̣ⲟ̣ⲡⲟ ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ̄): l. 20
tot of Allou Ⲓsland (ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲓ): l. 6
vice-eparch (ⲥⲟⳟ̣ⲟⳝ ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣): l. 6
ngeshsh of Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲉⲧⲓ ⳟⲉ̣ϣ[---]): l. 7 (P. QI 4 69: 'Kourketi being ngeshsh'; corr. NOM 4, no. 22b)
tot of Ase (ⲁⲥⲥⲏ ⲧⲟⲧⲓ): l. 7
eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): ll. 8, 12; (ⲥⲟ̣ⳟⲟ̣ⳝ): l. 14
priest (ⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲣ̣⸌ⲧ̣⸍): l. 13

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩ̣ⲅ̣ⲅ̣ⲗ̣): l. 4
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 4
Adauou (ⲁⲇⲇⲁⳣ): l. 5
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏ): l. 5
Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ): l. 6; (ⲡ̣ⲣ̣ⲉⲙ): l. 15; (ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ̄): l. 20
Allou island (ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ): l. 6
Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲉⲧⲓ): l. 7 (P. QI 4 69: as personal name; corr. NOM 4, no. 22b)
Ase (ⲁⲥⲥⲏ): l. 7
Kourte (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉⲕⲏ): l. 10; (ⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲕⲏⲛⲏ): l. 11

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 4 69, fig. 7
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 69, fig. 7
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–6; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 182–3; NOM 4, no. 22 (on names in ll. 4, 6–7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19)

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TrismegistosTM text 141673

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of the W fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.: unknown
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90232A

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: legal document of unknown contents; king Georgios Simon appearing
Date: 27 November 1280–26 December 1280
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'
The opening of the text in line 1, where Ruffini edits ‘indistinct traces’, can be read with a relative security as [† ⲡⲁⲡⲗ̄ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ] ⳟ̣ⲁ̣ⲗⲇ̣ⲉ ⲟⲛ̣ ⲥ̣ⲉⲩ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲧⲟ̣ⲩ [ⳟⲥ̄ⲥ]ⲗ̣̄ⲇ[ⲉⲕⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⳟⲥⲓⲗⲟ] ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣[ⲧⲁⲕⲟⲛⲁ], ‘† It is written in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit’.

Material: leather
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: c. 20
Height of letters

Description: fragment of rectangular piece of leather; text written along longer edges
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete and heavily obliterated; large lacunae in central and lower parts; only upper part partly legible

Date: 27 November 1280–26 December 1280
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: [---] ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ (ⲑ̣̄ϥ̄ⲍ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ ⲑ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ̣ [---]
[ⲅⲉ]ⲱ̣ⲣ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ ⲥ̣ⲩ̣ⲙ̣ⲱ̣ⲛ̣ ⲡⲁ̇ⲣⲗ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⳣⳣⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ [---]
Transcription: "when it was (year) 997 from the Martyrs, when it was 9th (day) of the moon, [when it was] Choiak [---]" (ll. 1–2)
"Georgios Simon ‘paril’ being King of Dotawo" (ll. 3–4)
Months: ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ̣
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⳣⳣⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
keeper of granaries (ϣ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⳟ): l. 4 (P. QI 4 70a: ̣ ̣ ̣ⳟⲁ; corr. NOM 4, no. 23a)
queen mother ([ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ]): l. 4
any joknashi (ⲁ̣ⳡ̣ⲗ̄ ⲇⲟⲅⲛ̄ⲛⲁϣ̣ϣⲓ): l. 4
great property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲁ̣ϣ̣ⲉ̣ⲓ̣ ⲇⲁⲩ̣ⲟ̣ⲓ̣ⲣ̣): l. 5
king (ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲣⲟⲩ): l. 5
scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲛ[---]): l. 6 (P. QI 4 70a: ⲇ̣ⲟⲗⲗⲅⲓⲥⲟⲩⲛ, left untranslated; NOM 4, no. 23b: ⲇ̣ⲟⲗⲗⲏ ⲥⲟⲩⲛ[---], ‘Dolli, scribe [---])
bishop of Lower Silmi (= Ibrim) (?) ([ⲥⲓⲗ]ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⸌ⲧⲁⳣⳣⲟⲛ̣⸍ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲡⲁ[ⲥ]ⲁ̣): l. 8 (P. QI 4 70a: not transcribed; read by G. Ochała on the basis of the photo)

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⳣⳣⲟ): l. 3; (ⲇ̣ⲱ̣ⲧⲁⳣⳣⲟ): l. 5
Lower Silmi (= Ibrim) (?) ([ⲥⲓⲗ]ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⸌ⲧⲁⳣⳣⲟⲛ̣⸍): l. 8 (P. QI 4 70a: not transcribed; read by G. Ochała on the basis of the photo)

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 4 70a
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 70a, fig. 8
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–6; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 183–8; NOM 4, no. 23 (on names in ll. 3–4 & 6)

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TrismegistosTM text 141674

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.: unknown
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90227

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: deed of land sale by Ishkil to Gourresi; king Georgoios Simon appearing
Date: after 1280–before 1295
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 35; W: 70
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 19
Height of letters

Description: roughly rectangular piece of leather; text written along longer edges
Decorative elements
State of preservation: nearly complete; small crack in left central part; minor lacunae in lower left part

Date: after 1280–before 1295
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲅ̣ⲉ̣ⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲩ ⲥⲩⲙⲱⲛ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̇ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription: "King Georgios Simon being King of Dotawo" (l. 2)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 2
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 2
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 2
any joknashi (ⲁ̇ⳡⲗ̄ ⳝ̣ⲟⲕⲛⲁϣⲓ): ll. 2–3
great property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲁϣⲉⲓ ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲣ): l. 3
property manager (?) of Agi (ⲁ̇ⲅⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ϣⲉⲓ): l. 3
great scribe (ⲥⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲛ̣ⲧⲟⲩ̣ⲉ ⲇⲁⲩⲣ): ll. 3–4
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 4
chief of island (ⲁⲣⲧⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲣ): l. 13
tot of Ase (ⲁⲥ̣ⲛ̣̄ ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄ⲗⲟ): l. 18 (P. QI 4 65: ⲁⲥ̣ⲧ̣ⲕ̣ⲧⲗ̄ⲗⲟ; corr. G. Ochała)
tot of Ado (ⲁ̇ⲇⲱⲛ ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄ⲗⲟ): l. 18 (P. QI 4 65: ⲁ̇ⲇⲉ̣ⲥⲛ ⲧⲟⲧⲁ̄ⲗⲟ; corr. G. Ochała)
bishop of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲗ̄): l. 19

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲱ): l. 2
Agi (ⲁ̇ⲅⲛ̄): l. 3
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄): l. 4
Kasa East (ⲙⲁⲧⲧⲟ ⲕⲁⲥⲁ): l. 6
(church of) Archangel Michael (ⲭ̄ⲡ̄ⲑ̄ ⲁⲅ⸌ⲅ⸍ⲗⲗⲟ): l. 8
(church of the Four Living) Creatures of the town (ⲇⲡ̄ⲡⲛ̄ ⲁ̇ⳡⲉⲗⲅⲟⲩⲛ): l. 8
(church of) Michael (ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ̣): l. 9, 11 (x2)
(church of) Kollouthos (ⲕⲟⲗ⸌ⲗ⸍ⲑⲟⲥⲥⲓⲛ): l. 9
(church of) Peter (ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲱⲥⲛ̄): l. 10
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ): ll. 11, 15; (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥ): l. 19
(church of) Apostle (ⲁ̇ⲡⲟⲥ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲥⲛ̄): l. 12
Amikke (ⲁ̇ⲙⲕ̄ⲕⲉ): l. 12
(church of) Raphael (ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ): l. 14
Ase (ⲁⲥ̣ⲛ̣̄): l. 18 (P. QI 4 65: ⲁⲥ̣ⲧ̣; corr. G. Ochała)
Ado (ⲁ̇ⲇⲱⲛ): l. 18 (P. QI 4 65: ⲁ̇ⲇⲉ̣ⲥⲛ; corr. G. Ochała)

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 4 65, fig. 3
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 65, fig. 3
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–6; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Łajtar 2011, p. 50; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, pp. 206, 211; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 183–8; NOM 4, no. 18 (on names in ll. 4 & 9); NOM 5. no. 1 (reedition of ll. 15–19)

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TrismegistosTM text 141675

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.: unknown
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90226

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: deed of land sale by Iooshsha to Gourresi; king Simon appearing
Date: 31 October 1286
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'
lunar day incorrect - 13 days later than Alexandrian cycle

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 35; W: 73
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 10
Height of letters

Description: trapezoidal piece of leather; text written along longer edges with wide lower margin
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete; obliterated in upper left corner

Date: 31 October 1286
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲁⲑⲩ̄︤ⲣ︥̄ ·ⲇ̄·ⲗⲟ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ ⲋ̣̄ ⲉ̣ⲓ̣ⲛ̣ⲛ̣̄ ⲟⲩⲕⲣ︥̄ⲁ [---ⲉⲓ]ⲛⲛ̄ ⲁⲡⲟ⸌ⲙ⸍ (ⲁⲅ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲥⲩⲙ̣ⲱ̄ⲛ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription: "when it was Athyr 4, 6 (or 26) (day) of the moon, day [...], when it was (year) 1003 from the Martyrs, King Simon being the king of Dotawo" (ll. 1–2)
Months: ⲁⲑⲩ̄︤ⲣ︥̄
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 2
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 2
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 2
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 2
any joknashi (ⲁ̣ⳡⲉ ⳝⲟⲕⲛⲁϣⲓ): l. 3
property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲁϣⲉⲓ): l. 3
great scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲧⲟⲩⲉ̇ ⲇ̣ⲁⲩⲣ): l. 3
bishop of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧ̣ⲟⲩⲅⲅⲟⲗ̣ⲛ̣ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲟ): ll. 3–4
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓ ⲥⲟⳟ̣ⲟⳝ): l. 4
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 4, 9
arapi to town (ⲇⲡ̄ⲡⲕ̄ ⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲁ̣ⲡ̣ⲗ̄): l. 4
domestikos (ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧⲓ): l. 7
goush of Ado (ⲁ̇ⲇⲱⲛ ⲅⲟⲩϣ): l. 9
tot of She (ϣⲉⲛ ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄): l. 10
priest (ⲥⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 10

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲱ): l. 2
Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧ̣ⲟⲩⲅⲅⲟⲗ̣): l. 3
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓ): l. 4
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): l. 4
(church of) Gabriel (ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ): l. 4
(church of) Kollouthos (ⲕⲟⲗ⸌ⲗ⸍ⲑⲟⲥⲥⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲗⲟ): l. 6; (ⲕⲟⲗ⸌ⲗ⸍ⲑⲟⲥⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲗⲟ): l. 6
(church of) Merkourios of the valley (ⲡⲁⲣⲕⲛ̄ ⲙⲉⲣ⸌ⲕ⸍ⲟ̇ⲥⲗ̄ⲗⲟ): l. 8
Ado (ⲁ̇ⲇⲱ): l. 9
She (ϣⲉ): l. 10

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 4 64, fig. 2
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 64, fig. 2
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–6, fig. 6; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Łajtar 2011, p. 50; CSCN, table 41 on p. 310; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 183–8; Łajtar 2015b, p. 243; NOM 4, no. 17 (on names in ll. 6 and 9–10)

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Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90228

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: official
Language: Old Nubian
Content: royal proclamation concerning land; king Siti appearing
Date: circa 1330–circa 1339
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 60; W: 38
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 17
Height of letters

Description: rectangular piece of leather; text written along shorter edges; wide lower margin
Decorative elements
State of preservation: text complete, but strongly obliterated; holes in lower part not affecting text

Date: circa 1330–circa 1339
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲁ̣̇ⲡ̣ⲟ̣ ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣⸌ⲧ̣⸍ (ⲁ̣ ̣ ̣ [--- ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲗ]ⲁ ⲕ̄ⲏ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲕⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲣⲁ ⲥ̣ⲁⲙⲁ ̣ⲁ̣ⲗ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ⲓ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄· ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲥⲓⲧⲓⲗ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 10.., when it was day 28 [---], when it was the day of ..., King Siti being king" (ll. 2–3)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 4 (x2), 14; (ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲣⲟⲩ): l. 16
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛ[ⲛⲉ]ⲛ): l. 5
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩ[ⳟ]ⲓⲣ): l. 5
any joknashi (ⲁ̇ⳡ[ⲗ ⳝ]ⲟ̇ⲕⲛⲁϣⲉⲓ): l. 6
bishop of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲓⲗⲛ̄ [ⲡⲁ]ⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 6–7
great property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧ̣ⲁ̣ϣⲉⲓ ⲇⲁⲩⲉ̣ⲓ̣ⲣ̣): l. 7
great scribe (ⲥⲟⲩ̣ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣ): l. 8
architriklinios (ⲟ̣ⲇ̣ⳡⲟ̣ⲣ̣ ⲇ̣ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣ): ll. 8–9 (P. QI 4 66: ⲙ̣ⲛⲧⲉⲩ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲁ̣ⳝ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣ | <ⲟⲗⳡⲟⲣⲉⲓ> ⲇ̣ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣⲁ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄; NOM 4, no. 19a: ⲙ̣ⲛⲧⲉ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲟ̣ⲗ̣ⳡⲟ̣ⲣ̣ | ⲇ̣ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣⲁ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄)
ng...ny (ⳟ ̣ ̣ ̣ⳡ̣): l. 9
triklinios of Douksi (ⲇ̣[ⲟⲩ]ⲕ̣ⲥ̣ⲛ̄ ⲟ̣ⲗⳡⲟⲣ): l. 10 (P. QI 4 66: ⲁ ̣ ̣ⳡ̣· ⲟ̣ⲗⳡⲟⲣⲁ; corr. NOM 4, no. 19b)
ngeshsh of Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧ̣ⲟⲩⲁⲏ ⳟⲉϣ): l. 10
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 11
ngeshshgoko (ⳟⲉ̣ϣⲉ̣ⲅⲟ̣ⲕⲟ): l. 12
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 13

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲓⲗ): l. 6
Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧ̣ⲟⲩⲁ): l. 10
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓ): l. 11
Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 13

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 4 66, fig. 4
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 66, fig. 4
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 188–90; Łajtar 2015b, p. 243; NOM 4, no. 19 (on names in ll. 8–10)

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TrismegistosTM text 141677

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.: unknown
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90230

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: deed of land inheritance (?) of Rali; king Siti appearing
Date: 10 December 1333
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'

Material: leather
Object dimensions: H: 35; W: 54
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: 14
Height of letters

Description: roughly rectangular piece of leather; text written along longer edges with wide margin in lower part
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete but obliterated in places

Date: 10 December 1333
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
day of the week
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ⸌ⲙ⸍ (ⲁⲛ̄· ⲉⲛ̄ⲛ̄ⲁ· ⲭⲟⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍ⲕⲁ ⲓ̄ⲇ̄ ⲉⲛ̄ⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ· ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲅ̄· ⲉⲛ̄ⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲕⲣ̄ⲣⲁ ⲙⲥ̄ⲥⲉⳟⲟⲁ̣̇ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲥⲓⲧⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̇ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription: "when it was (year) 1050 from the Martyrs, when it was Choiak 14, when it was the .3rd (day) of the moon, when it was the day of the Small Fast (= Wednesday), King Siti being King of Dotawo" (ll. 2–3)
Months: ⲭⲟⲓ⸌ⲕ⸍ⲕⲁ
Weakdays: ⲟⲩⲕⲣ̄ⲣⲁ ⲙⲥ̄ⲥⲉⳟⲟ
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 3, 9
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟⲓⲣ): l. 3
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 4
any joknashi (ⲁ̇ⳡ ⳝⲟⲕⲛⲁϣⲓ): l. 4
property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ϣⲉⲓ): l. 4
great scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲛ ⲇⲁⲩⲣ): l. 5
triklinios (ⲟⲣⳡⲟⲣ): l. 5
epistolary scribe (ⲉ̇ⲡⲟⲗⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉ̇): ll. 5–6
ngeshsh of Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧⲟⲩⲁ ⳟⲉϣⲉⲓ̣): l. 6
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡ̣ⲥ): ll. 6–7
meizoteros (?) of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲇⲁⲩ ̣ ̣ ̣): l. 7
get (?) (ⲅⲉⲧ̣ⲗ̣̄): l. 8
ikshil (ⲉⲕ̣̄ϣ̣ⲓ̣): l. 10
tot of Ket (?) (ⲕⲉⲧⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 11
tot of Amgo (ⲁⲙⲅⲟⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 11
tot of Apati (?) (ⲁ̣̇ⲡⲁⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲗⲟ): l. 12 (or 'son of Apati; P. QI 4 68: ⳝ̣ⲉ̣ⲙ̣ⲉⲗ̣ⲏⲙⲁⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲗⲟ, ‘Jemelēmati (?), the ‘tot’’; NOM 4, no. 21c: ⲁ̣̇ ̣ⲕ̣ⲓ̣ⲉⲡⲏ ⲁ̣̇ⲡⲁⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲗⲟ, ‘A.kiepi, tot/son of Apati[?]’)
priest (ⲥⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 13
tot of ..me ( ̣ ̣ⲙⲉⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 13

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 3
Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧⲟⲩⲁ): l. 6
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄): ll. 6, 7
Keti (?) (ⲕⲉⲧ): l. 11
Amgo (ⲁⲙⲅⲟ): l. 11
Apati (?) (ⲁ̣̇ⲡⲁⲧⲓ): l. 12 (or an anthroponym: P. QI 4 68: ⳝ̣ⲉ̣ⲙ̣ⲉⲗ̣ⲏⲙⲁⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲗⲟ, ‘Jemelēmati (?), the ‘tot’’; NOM 4, no. 21c: ⲁ̣̇ ̣ⲕ̣ⲓ̣ⲉⲡⲏ ⲁ̣̇ⲡⲁⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲗⲟ, ‘A.kiepi, tot/son of Apati[?]’)
..me ( ̣ ̣ⲙⲉ): l. 13

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 4 68, fig. 6
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 68, fig. 6
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, p. 106; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Plumley 1981, p. 6, n. [*]; Łajtar 2011, p. 49; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 188–90; Seignobos 2015, p. 184; NOM 4, no. 21 (on names in ll. 7, 10–11, 12)

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Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: open courtyard of the W fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.: unknown
Present location: unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.: EA 90225

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: deed of land sale by Ismale to Ionngoka and Kasla; King Ioel appearing
Date: 14 November 1463
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'
year 1180 follows a leap year, which is why monthly date is one day later; lunar day incorrect – 14 days later than Alexandrian cycle

Material: leather
Object dimensions: not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 13
Height of letters

Description: irregular piece of leather; text written along longer margins; lower part left empty
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 14 November 1463
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⳝⲉⲙⲟⲩ (ⲁ ⲉⲓⲙ︤ⲗ︥̄ ⲡ̄ ⲉⲓⲛ︤ⲛ︥ ⲁ̇ⲑⲩ︥︦ⲣ̄ ⲓ︤ⲍ̄︥ ⲉⲓⲛ︤ⲛ︥ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ ⲓ︤ⲇ︥ ⲉⲓⲛ︤ⲛ︥ … ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲓ̈ⲱⲏⲗ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ ⲉⲓⲛ︤̄ⲛ︥
Transcription: "when it was (year) 1 (thousand) hundred 80 (= 1180 from the Martyrs, when it was Athyr 17, when it was the 14th (day) of the moon (...). King Ioel being King of Dotawo" (ll. 2–3)
Months: ⲁ̇ⲑⲩ︥︦ⲣ̄
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 4
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 4
property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉϣϣ): l. 4
architriklinios (ⲟⲇⳝⲟⲣⲏ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣ): l. 5
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲛⲅⲟⲩⲛ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): ll. 5–6
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): l. 6
tot of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 11

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲟⲩ): l. 3
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲛⲅⲟⲩⲛ): l. 5
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): l. 6
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏ): l. 11

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Frend 1996, pl. before p. 317
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI 4 63, fig. 1
Other editions: Łajtar – Ruffini 2011, pp. 121–31, fig. 1

Other publications: Frend 1968, p. 324; Frend 1972, pp. 228–9; Frend 1974, pp. 42–3; Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–6; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Plumley 1982b, p. 110; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 131; Frend 1996, pp. 309-10, pl. before p. 317; CSCN, table 41 on p. 310; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 228 (no. 34); Ruffini 2013, pp. 182, 185, 186

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Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: bishop Timotheos' burial under stairway to N crypt of cathedral (church 293)
Excavation no.
Present location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museum no.: 90224

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: other
Language: unidentified
Content: reckoning of beginning of Lenten Fast and day of Easter on the back of Arabic scroll with Letter Testimonial of bishop Timotheos
Date: 1372–1378
Notes

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: 48.2; W: 34
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 7
Height of letters

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 1372–1378
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
liturgical calendar
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ⸌ⲙ⸍ † ⲁ̄︤ⲡ︦ⲏ̄︥ ⲋ̄ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲋ̄ ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ·ⲃ̄·
ⲁⲡ̄︦ⲑ̄︥ ⲉ̄ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲋ̄ ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ·ⲕ̄︤ⲃ̄︥·
ⲁϥ︥̄ ⲉ̄ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⟦ ̣⟧ ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⟦ⲋ̄ ⲑ̄⟧ ⲓⲃ̄︥
ⲁϥ︦ⲁ︥̄ ⲉ̄ [ⲙⲉ]⸌ⲭ⸍ [ ] [ ̄]
[ ] ⲋ̄ [ ] [ ]
ⲁϥⲅ︥̄ ⲉ̄ ⲙⲉ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲕ̄︤ⲁ̄︥
ⲁϥ︥̄ⲇ︥
Transcription: "(in the year) from the Martyrs 1088, (epagomenal days) 6, Mecheir 6, Pharmouthi 2" - 7 entries, first 3 complete
Months: ⲙⲉ⸌ⲭ⸍ (x 5)
ⲫⲁⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ (x 3)
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Plumley 1975c, pl. XXIV
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: P. QI Tim., pp. 41–2, pl. 24
Other editions

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, p. 102; CSCN, pp. 40, 50, 323

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Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: filling of lower church
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti (?)
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 750–799
Notes

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 10; W: 19.5
Text dimensions
Object colour: greyish-blue
Text colour
Lines: 4+
Height of letters: 1.3-1.5

Description: fragment of left-hand side of slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 750–799
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍ [---] ⸌ⲙ ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ ⲕⲅ⸍ [---]
Transcription: "[(in the year)] from Diocletian [ ], in the moth of Phaophi, (day) 23" (l. 1)
Months: ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2007, p. 138
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: SEG 57 1987
Other editions: Łajtar 2007, pp. 138–40, fig. on p. 138

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TrismegistosTM text 141682

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: lower church, passage behind apse, niche in east wall
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti (?)
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of man Aberkios, epitropos
Date: 700–799
Notes

Material: sandstone
Object dimensions: H: 51.6; W: 35.5; Th: 8.5-9.6
Text dimensions
Object colour: yellow
Text colour
Lines: 9
Height of letters

Description: round-topped slab; epigraphic field framed by raised border
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: 700–799
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: ⲙⲏ ⲫⲁⲱⲫ ⲕⲋ
Transcription: "in the month of Phaophi, (day) 26" (ll. 7–8)
Months: ⲫⲁⲱⲫ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: epitropos (ⲉⲡⲓⲧⲣⲟⲡⲟⲥ): l. 7

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Source: Łajtar 2007, p. 141
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: SEG 57 1989
Other editions: Łajtar 2007, pp. 140–152, fig. on p. 141

Other publications: Żurawski 2011, p. 254, fig. 4; Żurawski 2012, p. 203, fig. 14

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TrismegistosTM text 141683

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, entrance to room 6, south side
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Old Nubian
Content: inscription of king Siti
Date: circa 1330–circa 1339
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 6; W: 13.5
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 1
Height of letters: 1.2–5.5

Description: inscription incised in plaster
Decorative elements
State of preservation: complete

Date: circa 1330–circa 1339
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: † ⲥⲓⲧⲓ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Transcription: "king Siti" (l. 1)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 1

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Source: Łajtar 2008a, fig. 5
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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. on p. 240
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Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 276, fig. on p. 240 and fig. 34
Other editions: Łajtar 2003a, p. 149 (no. 2), fig. 3; Łajtar 2008a, pp. 328–329, fig. 5

Other publications: Łajtar 2004b, p. 256; Łajtar 2021b, p. 34, fig. 6

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