Text 2865

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
probably tomb T2 (296), south of cathedral (church 293)
Excavation no.
perhaps belonging to collection 66A/109 (photo nos. V.66.19/17 C3r & C3v)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
letter from Soukousapa, eparch, to Dauti, thel( ) of Kaktine
Date
probably 1000–1199
Notes
address in Greek
reused from Arabic text DBMNT 2866
Material
paper
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
i: 5; ii: 1
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular sheet of paper, written on both sides along longer edges; reused from earlier Arabic text (DBMNT 2866), address on side ii covering line of Arabic; document originally folded five times horizontally and once vertically
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 1000–1199
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
eparch (ⲉ̇ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 1
thel( ) of Kaktine (ⲑⲉ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲕⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍): ii, l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kaktine (ⲕⲁⲕ⸌ⲧ⸍): ii, l. 1
Source
P. QI 4 120, fig. 65
Image
Image not available
Source
P. QI 4 120, fig. 65
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. QI 4 120, fig. 65
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ruffini 2012a, pp. 212–18; Ruffini 2014a, p. 968
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