DBMNT

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Greek/Old Nubian
Content: legal text, perhaps land sale involving one Isou (?); king Basil appearing
Date: probably 1200–1299
Notes: official Nubian protocol
Trinitarian formula in Greek

Description: rectangular sheet of paper written on one side along shorter edge; broad uninscribed margin at bottom
Decorative elements
State of preservation: fragmentary, all margins preserved but numerous large lacunae visible

Dating formulae: ⲃⲁ[ ̣]ⲗ̣̄ ⲟⲩⲣ̣ⲟ̣ⲩⲉⲗ̄ ⲧⲉⲉⲓⲧⲓ ⲅⲉⲛⲕⲟⲗ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲟ̇ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ [ⲉⲓ]ⲛ̣ⲛ̣̄
Transcription: "King Basil, who has good hope, being King of Dotawo" (ll. 2–3)
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Offices & titles: king (ⲟⲩⲣ̣ⲟ̣ⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 2
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲟ̇ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 2–3
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲕⲓ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 3
bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) ([---]ⲙ̣ ⲡⲁⲡⲁ[ⲥ]): l. 4
bishop of Kourte (ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 4–5
vice-eparch of Terpekkil (ⲧⲉⲣ[ⲡ]ⲉⲕⲕⲗ̄ [ⲥ]ⲟⳟⲟⳝⲟⲩⲙⲁⲣ): ll. 5–6
ngeshsh of vice-eparch (ⲥ̣ⲟⳟⲟⳝ̣ⲓ̣ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̄ ⳟ̣ⲉ̣ϣϣⲁ): l. 6 (P. QI 4 84: [ⲥ]ⲟⳟⲟⳝ̣[ ̣]ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̄ ̣ ̣ ⲅ̣ⲟⲩϣⲁ, ‘goush of vice-eparch [?]’; corr. G. Ochała)
domestikos (ⲥ[ⲁ]ⲙⲁⲧ̣[ⲁ]): l. 7
ngeshsh ([ⳟⲉϣ]ϣⲁ): l. 8
goush of Nawi (ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲛ̣ ⲅⲟⲩϣ): l. 8
priest (⳦): l. 15; (ⲥⲟⲣⲧⲟ): l. 22
priest of Dirr (ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄ ⲥ̣ⲟⲣⲧ̣[ⲟ]): ll. 23–4 (P. QI 4 84: not transcribed; reading in NOM 4, no. 30f)

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲟ̇): l. 2
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲕⲓ): l. 3
Phrim (= Ibrim) (]ⲙ̣): l. 4
Kourte (ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉ): l. 4
Terpekkil (ⲧⲉⲣ[ⲡ]ⲉⲕⲕⲗ̄): l. 5
Nawi (ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲛ̣): l. 8
Dirr (ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲛ̄): l. 23 (P. QI 4 84: not transcribed; reading in NOM 4, no. 30f)

Other publications: NOM 4, no. 30 (on names in ll. 3, 9–10, 16–17, 20, 23–24)

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