Text 2870

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.66.19/10 C1v & V.66.19/9 C1r)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
letter from Mase, eparch of Nobadia and domestikos of Pachoras, and ikshil, to Dauti, thel( ) 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: 7; ii: 2
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular sheet of paper, written on both sides along longer edges; document originally folded four times horizontally and twice (?) 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 of Nobadia (ⲉ̇ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲟⲃ⸌ⲇ⸍): ii, l. 1
domestikos of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍): ii, l. 1
ikshil (ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲗ̄): ii, l. 1
thel( ) of Kaktine (ⲑⲉ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲕⲁⲕⲧⲓⲛⲉ): ii, ll. 1–2
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Nobadia (ⲛⲟⲃ⸌ⲇ⸍): ii, l. 1
Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 1
Kaktine (ⲕⲁⲕⲧⲓⲛⲉ): ii, l. 2
Source
P. QI 4 124, fig. 69
Image
Image not available
Source
P. QI 4 124, fig. 69
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. QI 4 124, fig. 69
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ruffini 2012a, pp. 212–218; Ruffini 2014a, pp. 961 with n. 5, 968; Ruffini 2014b, p. 223; Van Gerven Oei 2015b, p. 37
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