Text 2857

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
probably tomb T2 (296), south of cathedral (church 293)
Excavation no.
unknown (labelled C22 on photo)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
letter from Masi, eparch, to Dauti, tel( ) of Kaktine
Date
probably 1000–1199
Notes
address in Greek
Material
paper
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
i: 11; ii: 1
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular sheet of paper, written on both sides along longer edges; address on side ii written upside down in respect to text on side i; document originally folded five times horizontally and three times vertically
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; left-hand part of side i lost
Date
probably 1000–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲥⲟⲣⲧⲟ): i, l. 1
algou (ⲁⲗⲅⲟⲩ): i, l. 6
asti (?) (ⲁⲥⲕⲁ): i, l. 7
eparch (ⲉ̇ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 1 (P. QI 4 116 fr. 1: ‘great eparch’ [ⲉ̇ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲕⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲥ]; corr. NOM 4, no. 43a)
kratistos (ⲕⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲥ): ii, l. 1
thel( ) of Kaktine (ⲑⲉ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲕⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍): ii, l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kaktine (ⲕⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍): ii, l. 1
Source
P. QI 4 116 fr. 1, fig. 60
Image
Image not available
Source
P. QI 4 116 fr. 1, fig. 60
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. QI 4 116 fr. 1, fig. 60
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ruffini 2012a, pp. 212–18; Ruffini 2014a, p. 968; NOM 4, no. 43 (on name in ve, l. 1)
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