division of profits from land between Thadeosi and Isounga; king Basil appearing
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 9; W: 30
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
Lines
12
Height of letters
Description
irregular piece of goat leather
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲃⲁⲥⲗ̄ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄ {ⲟⲙⲁⲣⲓ} ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription
"King Basil being king" (l. 1)
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 1; (ⲟⲩⲣ): l. 1 bishop of Sai (ⲍⲁⲉⲓ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 1–2 angagett of Seven Lands (ⲉⲡⲧⲁ ⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲁⳟⲁⲅⲉⲧⲧ): ll. 2–3 (Zyhlarz 1932 ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁⳟⲁⲅⲉⲧⲧ; corr. A. Łajtar & B. Wojciechowski) priest (⳦): ll. 8, 9
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Sai (ⲍⲁⲉⲓ): l. 1 Seven Lands (ⲉⲡⲧⲁ ⲭⲱⲣⲁ): l. 2 (Zyhlarz 1932 ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲭⲱⲣⲁ; corr. A. Łajtar) Oppini (ⲟⲡⲡⲓⲛⲓ): l. 3
Monneret de Villard 1935–1957: 1, pp. 238, 241; Monneret de Villard 1937, p. 64; Plumley 1978, pp. 239–40; Munro-Hay 1982/3, pp. 112–113; Łajtar 2006a, p. 94; Edwards 2012, p. 151, fig. 6.14; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 227 (no. 32)