house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.
NI 74.1.30.6(23)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
transfer of rights to percentage of profits from palm grove between Enomariami and ‘her children’ (?)
Date
1155–1199
Notes
Material
paper
Object dimensions
H: 16.5; W: 21.5
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
11
Height of letters
Description
rectangular sheet of paper; lower part left uninscribed
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
1155–1199
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
ngeshsh of Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧⲟⲩⲁⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 12 chief (ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ): ll. 13, 14 (ⲭ2), 16, 17; (ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲛ⸍): l. 14;(ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲛ⸍ⲁⲛ): l. 15 ngeshsh of Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 13 (P. QI 3 44: 'ngeshsh of Kourk( )'; corr. A. Łajtar) tot of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 15 tot of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 16 ngeshshigaueikko of Nga (ⳟⲁⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣⲓⲅⲁⲟⲕⲕⲟⲗ): ll. 16–17 ngeshsh of Odjo (ⲟⲇⳝⲟⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): ll. 17–18 ouataphil (ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲫⲗ̄): l. 18 eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 19
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧⲟⲩⲁ): l. 12 Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 13 (ed. pr. 'Kourk( )'; corr. A. Łajtar) Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲛ︦): l. 15 Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): l. 16 Nga (ⳟⲁ): l. 16 Odjo (ⲟⲇⳝⲟ): l. 17 Addo (ⲁⲇⲇⲟ): l. 19
Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Adams 1996, p. 234 (translation), table 18; Browne 1998c, p. 24; Łajtar 2006a, p. 95; 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. 226 (no. 29)