Text 2829

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
house 177, under mastaba (Archive 4)
Excavation no.
74.1.29/11b + 74.1.29/11c
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Old Nubian & Arabic
Content
letter to bishop Iesou
Date
probably 1100–1299
Notes
1 line in Arabic on side ii
Material
paper
Object dimensions
H: 9; W: 12.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
i: 11; ii: 5 (+ 1 line of Arabic)
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular sheet of paper, written on both sides along longer edges; text on side ii written partly upside down; text originally folded four times horizontally; on side two 'bismillah' in Arabic written between address and main text, upside down in respect to main text
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; text broken into two parts, lacuna in lower margin; left margin damaged but text complete; other margins complete
Date
probably 1100–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
bishop (ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲁ): ii, l. 5
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
P. QI 4 86, fig. 28
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
P. QI 4 86, fig. 28
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ruffini 2014a, p. 968; NOM 4, no. 31 (on name in ve, l. 2)
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