O. Brit. Mus. Copt. 1, p. 3 (no. 1), pl. 3; I. Lefebvre 667; Weissbrodt 1909, pp. 3–4 (no. 25); de Ricci 1909, pp. 154–61 (no. 6)
Other publications
Junker 1925b, p. 114; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 221–2; Oates 1963, p. 163 (no. 14); Tibiletti Bruno 1963, passim; Adams 1964, p. 248; Žabkar 1967, p. 17; Łajtar 1996c, p. 106 (no. 15); Łajtar 2009b, pp. 106–8
house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.
NI 74.1.30.6(9b)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unclear contents; perhaps extract of document DBMNT 586 or acknowledgement given to parties
Date
1150–1199
Notes
Material
paper
Object dimensions
H: 12.2; W: 16
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
7
Height of letters
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
1150–1199
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): l. 3 choiakishshil (ⲭⲉⲓⲁ̄⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 3 chief (ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ): l. 4 tot of Arminna (ⲁⲇⲙⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲛ ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄): l. 4 asti of bishop (ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲛ̄ ⲁⲥⲧⲗ̄): l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
(church of) Stauros (ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ): ll. 2, 6 Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄): l. 3 Arminna (ⲁⲇⲙⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲛ): l. 4
P. QI 3 38 Appendix (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-38-42-49.jpg)
Other editions
Other publications
Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Łajtar 1992a, pp. 123–4 (no. 4); Adams 1996, p. 234 (translation); Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–70 (generally on Archive 3); Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 224 (no. 23)
house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.
NI 74.1.30.6(5)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
deed of land sale and cession issued by Pongita, Persi, and Ngonnen to Mashshouda
Date
1150–1199
Notes
text on side i of this document concerns the same land (DBMNT 582)
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 62; W: 24
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
23
Height of letters
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
1150–1199
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
choiakishshil (ⲭⲟⲓⲁ̄ⲕ̄ϣϣⲓ): l. 6 tot of Sai (ⲍⲁⲏⲛ ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄): l. 9 abba (ⲡⲁⲡⲟ): l. 11 bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ̄ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 11–12 priest (⳦): ll. 12, 13, 14, 17 ouataphil (ⲟⲩⲁⲧⲁⲫⲗ̄): l. 12 timakkis (ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲕⲕⲓⲥ): l. 13 deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): ll. 13, 14 arapil (ⲁ̇ⲣⲁⲡⲗ̄): l. 16 priest of Dirr (ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄ ⳦): l. 18 (P. QI 3 34 (ii): ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄ ⳦ⲗⲟ, ‘Pentadourin, Priest’; NOM 4, no. 6b: ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁ ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄ ⳦ⲗⲟ, ‘Penta, priest of Dirr’) great priest (⳦ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲗ̄): ll. 22–3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Sai (ⲍⲁⲏ): l. 9 Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ̄ⲙ̄): l. 11 (Church of) Jesus of the Mountain (ⳟⲁⳝⳝⲓⲛ ⲓⲥ̄ⲥⲓ): l. 18 Dirr (ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄): l. 18 (P. QI 3 34 (ii): ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄ ⳦ⲗⲟ, ‘Pentadourin, Priest’; NOM 4, no. 6b: ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁ ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄ ⳦ⲗⲟ, ‘Penta, priest of Dirr’)
Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Łajtar 1992a, pp. 123–4 (no. 4); Satzinger 1995, col. 423; Browne 1998c, pp. 22–3; Łajtar – Van der Vliet 1998, p. 45 (no. 3); Łajtar 2006a, p. 98; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–70 (generally on Archive 3); Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, pp. 213–14, 222 (no. 18); NOM 4, no. 6 (on ll. 17 & 18–19)
cathedral (church 293), nave, in dust above pavement
Excavation no.
Present location
1 & 3) unknown
2) British Museum, London
Museum no.
2) EA71303
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: biblical
Language
Old Nubian
Content
three leaves from a codex with Johannine works: (1) Revelation 7:15–8:8; (2) Revelation 14:6–15; (3) John 11:20-41
Date
1000–1399
Notes
photo of 2.i available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=379270001&objectId=110289&partId=1
three leaves from one codex; pagination preserved in upper margin of 1.ii and 2.ii
Decorative elements
State of preservation
three leaves in different state of preservation: (1) incomplete; one upper corner torn off; lower and upper margins lacking; (2) almost complete; lower margin lacking; (3) almost complete; put together from four smaller; parts of all margins preserved
Plumley 1980, pp. 34–41, figs. on pp. 35–36 (3); P. QI 1 8, pl. VII (1) + P. QI 1 9, pl. VIII (2) + P. QI 1 4, pls. III–IV (3); Browne 1989a, pp. 48–51 (3), 54–57 (1), 56–59 (2); Browne 1989f, pp. 50–56 (2); Browne 2002d, pp. 95–103 (3)
Other publications
Plumley 1975a, p. 104; Browne 1985a, pp. 292–293 (2); Browne 1989c, pp. 70–71; Browne 1992b, p. 32 (3); Browne 1992c, p. 381; Browne 1994b, pp. 11–17 (3), 54–57 (1), 57–62 (2); Browne 1995a, pp. 457–458; Browne 1996b (1 & 2); Browne 1998b, p. 117 (3); Browne 1998c, pp. 13–14 (3), 17–18 (1 & 2); Browne 2000a, p. 34 (1); Browne 2002c, p. 297 (1); Bechhaus-Gerst 2009, fig. 15 (3); Van Gerven Oei 2014, pp. 167–169 (3); Weber-Thum – Weschenfelder 2015, pp. 308–309 (1); Van Gerven Oei 2015b, passim; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 136 (no. 121); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI31 (cf. p. 187)
Browne 1992b, p. 33; Browne 1992c, p. 381; Browne 1998c, p. 16; Browne 1994b, pp. 30–31; Łajtar 2015–2016, p. 135 (no. 95); Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI26 (cf. p. 187)
fr. A: incompletel one side margin preserved; fr. B: small part of leaf with portion of one side margin; fr. C: fragment of central part of leaf; portion of one side margin preserved
Browne 1982b, pp. 1–10; P. QI 1 10, pls. IX–X; Browne 1989a, pp. 58–63, 91
Other publications
Plumley 1975a, p. 104, fig. 4; Browne 1989c, pp. 71–73; Browne 1990b, pp. 137–139; Browne 1990c, pp. 521–523; Browne 1992b, p. 33; Browne 1992c, pp. 381–382, 385–386; Browne 1994b, pp. 81, 86; Browne 1994d, pp. 93–97; Browne 1995a, p. 456; Browne 1995a, p. 458; Browne 1998b, p. 117; Browne 1998c, pp. 18–19; Van Gerven Oei 2015b, pp. 23, 40, 42; Łajtar 2020b, Appendix no. QI37 (cf. p. 196)