Text 581
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Region
- Nobadia
- Findspot
- house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
- Excavation no.
- NI 74.1.30.6(2) (74/14.2)
- Present location
- unknown
- Museum no.
- Medium
- manuscript
- Technique
- painted
- Type of text
- document: official
- Language
- Greek/Old Nubian
- Content
- royal proclamation concerning church of Epimachus in Phrim West; king Mouses Georgios appearing (as nephew of king Dauid)
- Date
- 22 August 1155
- Notes
- 'official Nubian protocol'
P. QI III 30 – AD 1156; date corrected in Łajtar 2009b, p. 98; lunar day incorrect – 5 days later than Alexandrian cycle
- Material
- leather
- Object dimensions
- H: 81.5; W: 40.5
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- Text colour
- black
- Lines
- 42
- Height of letters
- Description
- rectangular sheet of leather with trapezoidal lower part protruding from the main fragment containing the subscription of the scribe
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- complete but for a small lacuna in the middle of the right-hand side
- Date
- 22 August 1155
- Chronological systems
- Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
Era of the Martyrs
king's occurrence
- Dating formulae
- ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲛ̄ · ⲥⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍ⲁⲉⲓⲗⲁ ⲕ̄︤ⲑ̄︥ · ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁⲗⲟⲛ · ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ · ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ · ⲁ̄ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ · ⲱ̄ⲟ︦︥ⲁ̄︥ · ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ · ⲁⲓ̈ ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ · ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍ · ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̄ · ⲟⲕⲧⲁⲕⲗ̄ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ · ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲟⲩⲕⲕⲁ ⲟⲛⲕⲉⲧⲁⲗ ·
ⲑⲁⲃⲟⲧⲛ̄ ·
ⲇⲓⲡⲁ ⲑⲁⲃⲟⲧⲓⲗⲁ · ⲑ̄
(in margin)
ⲇ̄︤ⲁ︦ⲇ̄︥ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲗⲟⲛ ⳝⲟⲩⲧⲧⲗ̄ - Transcription
- "when it was the 29th (day) of the month of Mesore, when it was the first (day) of the moon, when it was (the year) from the Martyrs 871. I, Moise Georgios, called king, and nephew of king David" (ll. 2–4)
"who also hold the kingship of Dotawo" (in margin)
"Thaboti (= Epeiph?)" (l. 19)
"on the evening of the 9th of (the month of) Thaboti (= Epeiph?)" (ll. 23–4) - Months
- ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣ-ⲛ︦
ⲑⲁⲃⲟⲧⲓ (x2) - Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 3, left margin, 22, 31, 39; (ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦): l. 39
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 4
eparch of Palagi (ⲡⲁⲗⲁⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 4
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 5
gouad (ⲅⲟⲩⲁⲇ): l. 6
abba (ⲡⲁⲡⲟ): l. 6
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): l. 6
triklinios of domestikos elect (?) (ⲥⲁⲙⲧⲓⳟⲟⲛ ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲣ): l. 7
triklinios of Ngo (ⳟⲟⲛ ⲟⲣⳡⲟⲣ): l. 7
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲉⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): ll. 8, 25
domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲥⲁⲙⲧ): l. 8; (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲥⲁⲙ⸌ⲧ⸍): ll. 28–9
potentiary (?) of Sikkoti (ⲥⲕ̄ⲕⲟⲧⲛ̄ ⲣ̄ⲧ): l. 9
triklinios of Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲕⲥⲛ̄ ⲟⲣⳡⲟⲣ): ll. 9–10
oikonomos (ⳟⲟⲕ ⲣ̄ⳡⲓⲣ): l. 10; (ⲟⲓⲕⲟ): l. 37
potentiary (?) of Ngal-Ngokko (ⳟⲁⲛ ⳟⲟⲕⲕⲟ⸌ⲛ⸍ ⲣⲧ): ll. 10–11
meizoteros of Adauou (ⲁⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲛ ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): l. 11
silentiary of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲅⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲟⲧⲧⲁⲙⲧ̄ⲧ): ll. 12, 23
ngeshsh of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲅⲟⲩⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 12
ngeshsh of domestikos (ⲥⲁⲙ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 13
tot of Motiko (ⲙⲟⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 17
bishop (ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 19 (x2), 23, 29
silentiary (ⲅⲟⲧ⸌ⲧⲁ⸍ⲙⲧ̄ⲧ): l. 25; (ⲅⲟⲧⲙⲧ̄): l. 29
eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 28
ngeshsh (ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 29
chartoularios (ⲭⲁⲗ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲗⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ): l. 37
goukarko (ⲅⲟⲩⲕ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 37; (ⲅⲟⲩⲕⲁⲣⲕⲟ): ll. 40–1
archimandrite of (monastery of) Archangel Michael in Ourm( ) (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲭ︦ⲡ︦ⲑ︦): l. 37 (P. QI 3 30: om. 'Ourrm( )'; corr. Łajtar 2009b, pp. 98–100)
archimandrite of (monastery of) Makarios in Ittide (ⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ⲙⲁⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲉⲓⲧⲧ̣ⲇⲉ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ): ll. 37–8 (P. QI 3 30: untranslated; corr. Łajtar 2009b, pp. 98–100)
great scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲧⲟⲩⳣⲉ ⲇⲁⲟⲩⲣ): l. 40
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 4; (ⲇⲱⲧⲟⲁⲣ): l. 25 (?)
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): ll. 6, 24; (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲓ): l. 17
Ngo (ⳟⲟ): l. 7
Nobadia (ⲙⲉⲓⲅⲛ︦): ll. 8, 25; (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲛ): ll. 12, 23
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ): ll. 8, 28
Sikkoti (ⲥⲕ︦ⲕⲟⲧⲛ︦): l. 9
Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲕⲥⲛ︦): l. 9
Ngal-Ngokko (ⳟⲁⲛ ⳟⲟⲕⲕⲟ): l. 10
Adauou (ⲁⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩ): l. 11
Motiko (ⲙⲟⲧⲓⲕⲟ): l. 17
Silmi-West (= Ibrim-West) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲓ ⲧⲓⲛⲟ): l. 18
(church of) Epimachus in Silmi-West (= Ibrim-West) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲓ ⲧⲓⲛⲟⲛ ⲉ︦ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲭⲟⲥⲓ): l. 18; (ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁⲭⲟⲥⲓ): ll. 20, 21, 22, 26; (ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): l. 28
(church of) Apostle in Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦ ⲁⲡⲥⲧⲟ⸌ⲗⲟ⸍ⲥⲓ): l. 24
(monastery of) Archangel Michael in Ourm( ) (ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲭ︦ⲡ︦ⲑ︦): l. 37
Ourm( ) (ⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲙ⸍): l. 37
(monastery of) Makarios in Ittide (ⲉⲓⲧⲧ̣ⲇⲉ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ): ll. 37–8
Ittide (ⲉⲓⲧⲧ̣ⲇⲉ): l. 37
- Latest edition
- P. QI 3 30, pl. 1
- Other editions
- Other publications
- Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, passim, pl. 55b; Osman 1978, p. 70 (fragmentary translation); Plumley 1981, p. 8; Osman 1982, passim; Łajtar 1992a, p. 120 (no. 1); Browne 1996d, p. 131; Adams 1996, pp. 225–226; Browne 1998c, p. 28; Bechhaus-Gerst 2000, pp. 17, 19; Welsby 2002, pp. 95–96; CSBE(2), p. 86, n. 126, pp. 313–314 (no. 4); Łajtar 2009b, pp. 97–100 (on date, l. 17, and ll. 37–42); Hendricx 2011, pp. 48–51; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); van Gerven Oei 2011, pp. 253–255; CSCN, p. 238; Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–270 (generally on Archive 3); Ruffini 2014a, pp. 962, 966, with n. 42; Nubian Berichtigungsliste (http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/index.php/Nubian_Berichtigungsliste); Deptuła 2015, n. 35 on p. 130; Weber-Thum – Weschenfelder 2015, p. 309; BL Nub. 1, pp. 299–230; van Gerven Oei 2019, p. 86 (transcription and translation of ll. 30–35); Ferrandino – van Gerven Oei 2020, p. 296 (analysis of ll. 30–31)
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