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TrismegistosTM text 141719

Provenance: Banganarti
Region: Makuria
Findspot: upper church, room 11, west wall
Excavation no.
Present location: Banganarti, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: visitor's inscription
Language: Greek
Content: inscription left by king Paper
Date: probably 1300–1499
Notes

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 31; W: 46.5
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 5
Height of letters: 3–8

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

Date: probably 1300–1499
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲙⲉ ⲡⲁⲡⲉⲣ ⲧⲟⲩⲅ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲃ︤ⲗ︦ⲥ︥̄
Transcription: "I, Paper, king of Dongola" (l. 4)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 4

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲡⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍): l. 4

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. 90
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Source: I. Banganarti 2, fig. on p. 134
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: I. Banganarti 2 67, fig. on p. 134, figs. 23, 90
Other editions: Łajtar 2008a, pp. 329–330, fig. 6

Other publications: Łajtar 2005, p. 311, fig. 1 on p. 310; Łajtar 2009b, pp. 95–96; Żurawski 2014a, p. 179, fig. 8, p. 180, fig. 9; Żurawski 2019, pp. 93–94, fig. 6.7; CIEN 8, no. 134; Łajtar 2021, p. 169, 172, fig. 12.9; Łajtar 2023, pp. 210–211, fig. 12

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TrismegistosTM text 141720

Provenance: Edfu
Region: Egypt
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document
Language: Arabic
Content: two documents of unknown contents; king Siti appearing
Date: 1331–1332
Notes

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

Description
Decorative elements
State of preservation

Date: 1331–1332
Chronological systems: king's occurrence

Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Markos (island) (unpublished form): l. ?

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; mentioned in Monneret de Villard 1938, pp. 141, 220
Other editions

Other publications: Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 23

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TrismegistosTM text 141721

Provenance: unknown
Region: unknown
Findspot: unknown
Excavation no.
Present location: Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Museum no.: MS Or. Quart 1019

Medium: manuscript: codex
Technique: painted
Type of text: liturgical: lectionary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: fragment of lectionary with Matthew 1:18–25, Philippians 2:12–18, Matthew 5:13–20, Romans 11:25–31, Hebrews 5:4–10, John 16:33–17:26, Hebrews 9:1–15, Matthew 1:18–25, Galatians 4:4–7, Matthew 2:1–12, Romans 8:3–7
Date: 1000–1399
Notes: acquired in Egypt in 1906

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: 1) H: 18; W: 21
2) H: ca. 16; W: ca. 25
3) H: 20.5; W: 24.1
4) H: 18.2; W: 23.7
Text dimensions
Object colour: cream with brown stains in places
Text colour: black with red elements
Lines: p. 100: 17
p. 101: 18
p. 102: 10
p. 103: 11
p. 104: 16
p. 105: 18
p. 106: 22
p. 107: 20
p. 108: 17
p. 109: 18
p. 110: 16
p. 111: 16
p. 112: 16
p. 113: 17
p. 114: 15
p. 115: 14
Height of letters

Description: 4 consecutive double leaves of one codex (pp. 100–115): (1) with pp. 100–101 and 114–115; (2) with pp. 102–103 and 112–113; (3) with pp. 104–105 and 110–111; (4) with pp. 106–109; pagination in upper margin, preserved are nos. 100–113; text in one column; sections separated by horizontal lines and dots
Decorative elements: loops of letter phi (p. 100) filled with red ink; red ink used in rubrics; middle dots and colons written with black and red ink; horizontal lines and dots separating sections of lectionary
State of preservation: incompletely preserved; lower part of all double leaves missing; numerous lacunae; the outer double leaf (no. 1) most severely damaged (of pp. 114–115 preserved only central part of inner margin); the inner double leaf (no. 4) in the best condition with almost complete upper and outer margins and large part of inner margins of pages; double leaf no. 2 preserved in two non joining fragments

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

Dating formulae: I
[ⲭⲟ]ⲓ̣[ⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ :] ⲕ̣ⲉ̣ :
II
[ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲉ︥
VI
ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲍ︥ :
VII
[ⲭ]ⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲍ︥ :
XIII
ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲏ︥ :
: ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : : ⲕ︤ⲇ︥ : :
ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲕ︤ⲑ︥ :
XVI
[ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕⲛ̄ : ⲗ̄ :]
Transcription: "Choiak 25", "Choiak 27", "Choiak 28", "Choiak 24", "Choiak 29"
Months: ⲭⲟⲓⲁ︦ⲕ-ⲛ︦
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Source
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Browne 2004b, pp. 8–14
Other editions: Griffith 1913, pp. 24–41, pl. 1; Browne 1982a; Browne 1987a, pp. 75–92; Browne 1989a, pp. 14–23, 84–85

Other publications: Schäfer – Schmidt 1906, pp. 774–785; Junker 1906, pp. 437–442; Schäfer – Schmidt 1907, pp. 603–606; Metzger 1968, pp. 111–122, pl. 2; Browne 1981a, pp. 145–150; Browne 1982c, pp. 11–13; Browne 1984b, pp. 29–30; Browne 1985b, pp. 2–5; Satzinger 1986, cols 104–108; Browne 1989c, pp. 63–67; Browne 1989f, pp. 48–50; Browne 1992b, p. 31; Browne 1994b, pp. 1–6, 19–27, 33–35, 40–43, 45–47, 48–49; Browne 1995a, pp. 450–451; Browne 1998c, pp. 4–5; Browne 2000a, pp. 27–33; Browne 2001b, pp. 255–257; Brakmann 2006, pp. 290–291; van Gerven Oei 2011, p. 239; Ochała 2013, passim, esp. pp. 187–190, 203–211; Ochała 2015, passim, esp. pp. 4–7, 28–33; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 132 (no. 54); Tsakos 2016, p. 641 photos available at: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0000DDB900000000

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TrismegistosTM text 141722

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral (church 293), nave, in dust above pavement
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: liturgical: lectionary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: fragment of lectionary with Psalm 31:1–4, 7–11
Date: 1000–1199
Notes

Material: paper
Object dimensions: H: 12.8; W: 15.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black
Lines: re: 12; ve: 13
Height of letters

Description: fragment of card
Decorative elements
State of preservation: lower right corner of card

Date: 1000–1199
Chronological systems: liturgical calendar
day of the week

Dating formulae: ⲛⲏ̇ⲥ⸌ⲧ⸍ : ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍·ⲉ·
Transcription: "Fast, Sunday 5" (l. 4)
Months
Weakdays: ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍
Feasts: ⲛⲏ̇ⲥ⸌ⲧ⸍

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 1, pl. I
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Browne 2004b, pp. 31–32
Other editions: P. QI 1 1, pl. I; Browne 1989a, pp. 44–45, 89–90

Other publications: Browne 1985a, pp. 293–295; Browne 1989c, p. 73; Browne 1998b, pp. 116–117; Browne 1992c, p. 380; Browne 1994b, pp. 64–66; Browne 1995a, p. 457; Browne 1998b, pp. 116–117; Browne 1998c, pp. 12–13; Browne 2000a, p. 33; Brakmann 2006, p. 295; Ochała 2013, passim, esp. pp. 192–193; Łajtar 2014a, p. 393; Ochała 2015, passim, esp. pp. 9–10; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 128 (no. 13); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. 57 (cf. p. 195)

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TrismegistosTM text 141723

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim
Region: Nobadia
Findspot: cathedral (church 293), nave, in dust above pavement
Excavation no.
Present location: unknown
Museum no.

Medium: manuscript: leaf
Technique: painted
Type of text: liturgical: lectionary
Language: Old Nubian
Content: fragment of lectionary with 1 Corinthians 14:35–40; Hebrews 6:7–8; 2 Corinthians 1:2–7; 1 Corinthians 2:6–11
Date: 1000–1199
Notes

Material: parchment
Object dimensions: H: 21.6; W: 14.9
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour: black; red (i, ll. 11, 19; ii. l. 7)
Lines: flesh: 28; hair: 27
Height of letters

Description: fragment of codex card; rubrics written in red ink
Decorative elements: pericopae separated from one another by decorative elements in form of horizontal or vertical lines and dots
State of preservation: put together from several pieces; large lacuna in upper right part; upper and part of right margin preserved

Date: 1000–1199
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
liturgical calendar
day of the week

Dating formulae: I (flesh side)
[ⲙ]ⲉⲥⲟⲣⲉ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲁ̇
ⲛⲏⲥ⸌ⲧ⸍ · ⲥⲁⲃ⸌ⲃ⸍ · ⲋ̄
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲉ · ⲥⲁⲃ⸌ⲃ⸍ · ⲃ̄

II (hair side)
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲉⲛ · ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍ ·· ⲃ̄
Transcription: "Mesore, Sunday 1" (flesh, l. 11)
"Fast, Saturday 6" (flesh, l. 18)
"Mesore, Saturday 1" (flesh, l. 19)
"Mesore, Sunday 2" (hair, l. 7)
Months: ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲉ, [ⲙ]ⲉⲥⲟⲣⲉ, ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲉ-ⲛ
Weakdays: ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲉ, ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍, ⲥⲁⲃ⸌ⲃ⸍
Feasts: ⲛⲏⲥ⸌ⲧ⸍

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: P. QI 1, pl. VI
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Browne 2004b, pp. 38–39
Other editions: P. QI 1 7, pl. VI; Browne 1989a, pp. 52–55, 90

Other publications: Plumley 1975a, p. 104; Browne 1989c, p. 70; Browne 1992b, p. 33; Browne 1992c, p. 381; Browne 1994b, pp. 35–40, 47–48; Browne 1995a, pp. 457–458; Browne 1998c, pp. 16–17; Browne 2000a, pp. 33–34; Browne 2000b, pp. 161–162; Brakmann 2006, p. 295; Ochała 2013, passim, esp. pp. 190–192; Łajtar 2014a, p. 392; Ochała 2015, passim, esp. pp. 7–9; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 135 (no. 104); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI54 (cf. p. 187)

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TrismegistosTM text 141724

Provenance: Gebel Abu Negila
Region: Kordofan
Findspot: on rocks in gorge S of Bir el-Kai
Excavation no.
Present location: Gebel Abu Negila, in situ (?)
Museum no.

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

Material: stone
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: not recorded
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 2
Height of letters

Description: graffito incised in two lines; cross preceding line 1
Decorative elements
State of preservation

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

Dating formulae: ⲥⲓⲧⲓ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲗ
Transcription: "King Siti" (ll. 1–2)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 1–2

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Arkell 1951, pl. 42 D
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Ochała 2011a, pp. 145–55, fig. 1
Other editions: Arkell 1951, pp. 353–4, pl. 42 D

Other publications: Zychlarz 1943, n. 3 on p. 252; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 132; Rilly 2010, p. 190

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TrismegistosTM text 141725

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: Muslim tomb, north-east of throne hall, reused in tomb construction
Excavation no.
Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum
Museum no.: SNM 32120

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 29 August 873–28 August 874
Notes

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 15; W: 24; Th: 4
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 3 + 2 on border
Height of letters

Description: irregular fragment of round (?) stela; inside part forming recessed epigraphic field; inscription running also on raised border; reused as door hinge
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary; no original edge preserved; in middle part circular hole after door pivot; text clearly legible

Date: 29 August 873–28 August 874
Chronological systems: Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: [---ⲇⲓⲟ]ⳤ ⲫϙ̄[ ̣]
Transcription: "(in the year) from Diocletian 590 (?)" (l. 2)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Tsakos 2009b, fig. 5
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: unpublished; description in Tsakos 2009b, pp. 206, 212–13 (no. 26), fig. 5
Other editions

Other publications: Khidir Adam Eisa 1992, pp. 278–279, fig. 4 (with incorrect date); CSBE(2), p. 82, n. 98 (with incorrect date)

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TrismegistosTM text 141726

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 2B, reused as first step of ambo, put inscribed face up
Excavation no.: D.100/93-4
Present location: Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: epitaph of unidentified person
Date: 4 January 1070
Notes: Łajtar 2011 – 5 January

Material: marble
Object dimensions: H: 36.3; W: 24.8; Th: 5.4
Text dimensions
Object colour: grey-blue
Text colour
Lines: 25
Height of letters: c. 0.5

Description: roughly rectangular slab
Decorative elements
State of preservation: left upper corner broken off; part of surface of lower left corner lacking; surface very much obliterated, especially in central part of stone

Date: 4 January 1070
Chronological systems: Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar

Dating formulae: [ⲧ]ⲩⲃ̣ⲓ ⲧⲟⲩ ⲙⲏⲛⲟⲥ ⲑ̄ ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲯⲡⲋ
Transcription: "in the month of Tybi, (day) 9, (in the year) from the Martyrs 786" (ll. 23–5)
Months: [ⲧ]ⲩⲃ̣ⲓ
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2011, fig. 1
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Łajtar 2011, pp. 39–42, no. 1, fig. 1
Other editions

Other publications: Jakobielski 1994, p. 118; Jakobielski 2001c, p. 166; CSCN, p. 65

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TrismegistosTM text 141727

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, church, threshold of south pastophorium
Excavation no.: D.4/04
Present location: Dongola, storeroom of the Polish mission
Museum no.

Medium: stela
Technique: incised before firing
Type of text: epitaph
Language: Greek
Content: fragment of epitaph
Date: 30 August 799–28 August 800
Notes: year 515 from Diocletian was a leap year, hence year 516 started on 30 August

Material: terracotta
Object dimensions: H: 11.5; W: 17.5; Th: 1.1
Text dimensions
Object colour: surface brown, backside light brown
Text colour
Lines: 3
Height of letters: c. 2

Description: fragment of terracotta plaque; epigraphic field framed by double incised line; ruling marked by double lines
Decorative elements
State of preservation: small fragment of left margin preserved

Date: 30 August 799–28 August 800
Chronological systems: Egyptian calendar
Era of Diocletian

Dating formulae: ⲉⲛ ⲙ⸌ⲏ⸍ⲛ[ⲓ --- ⲁⲡⲟ ⲇⲓⲟ]ⲕⲗⲏ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲫⲓⲋ :
Transcription: "in the month of [--- (in the year) from] Diocletian 516" (ll. 2–3)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts

Offices & titles

Toponyms & ethnonyms

Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Source: Łajtar 2011, fig. 12
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations

Latest edition: Łajtar 2011, pp. 73–4, no. 14, fig. 12
Other editions

Other publications: Gazda 2010, p. 47, fig. 13; Tsakos 2010a, p. 684, no. 10

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TrismegistosTM text 141728

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 3, west wall, south side of large arcade
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: commemorative inscription
Language: Old Nubian
Content: inscription commemorating visit of group of dignitaries; king Mashkouda appearing
Date: probably 1272 or 1276–before 1280
Notes: King Mashkouda can be identical with Shekanda, but such combination of dates does not coincide during his reign in 1260s and 1270s, the dates coincide on 17 June 1240 – information owed to A. Łajtar

Material: plaster
Object dimensions
Text dimensions: H: 61; W: 58
Object colour
Text colour
Lines: 11
Height of letters: 2–8

Description: eleven lines of deeply incised inscription
Decorative elements
State of preservation: incomplete; right-hand part damaged

Date: probably 1272 or 1276–before 1280
Chronological systems: lunar calendar
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ̈ⲁ̇ ⲕ︤ⲅ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ︥ ⲡⲟⲩϣ ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉⲓⲛ̣ⲛ̣︥ ⲟ̣ⲩⲛⲛ̣ⲁ ⲕⲏ︥ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ︥ … ⲙⲁϣⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ︥ [---]
Transcription: "when it was Payni 23, when it was the first day of the week (= Sunday), when it was the 28th (day) of the moon" (ll. 1–2)
"of King Mashkouda" (l. 3)
Months: ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ̈ⲁ̇
Weakdays: ⲡⲟⲩϣ ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest of (Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥ ⳦): l. 2
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ︥): ll. 3, 7; (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ[ⲉⲛ︥]): l. 6; (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 9
priest (?) of (Church of) John of Tillarti (ⲧⲗ︥ⲁⲣⲧⲛ︥ ⲓ̈ⲱ︦ⲩ): l. 4
deacon of (Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥ ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 6
lord of elders of the king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ︥ ⲅⲟⲣ[ⲧ]ⳟⲟⲇ): ll. 7–8
chief (ⲟⲩⲣⲁ): l. 8

Toponyms & ethnonyms: (Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥): l. 2
(Church of) John of Tillarti (ⲧⲗ︥ⲁⲣⲧⲛ︥ ⲓ̈ⲱ︦ⲩ): l. 4
Tillarti (ⲧⲗ︥ⲁⲣⲧⲛ︥): l. 4
(Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥): l. 6

Bibliography & list of abbreviations