Text 582

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.
NI 74.1.30.6(5) (74/14.5)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
deed of land sale by Mouna and Manyi to Iongoka and Mena; king Georgios appearing
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
text on the other side (DBMNT 1001) concerns the same land
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 62; W: 24
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
46
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
· ⲫⲁⲗⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲛ̄ · ⲥⲟⲩⲁ̄ⲉⲓⲗⲁ · ⲓ︦ · ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ ⲏ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ · ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲟⲩ · ⲧⲉⲉⲓⲧⲓ ⲅⲉⲛⲕⲟⲗ · ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ · ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ · ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ·
Transcription
"on the 10th (day) of the month of Pharmouthi, when it was the 8th (day) of the moon, King Georgios, who has good hope, being king of Dotawo" (ll. 3–7)
Months
ⲫⲁⲗⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲛ̄
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 5
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 6
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲉⲛ): l. 7
triklinios (ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ): l. 8
tot of Ngissinngal (?) (ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲛ̄ⳟⲁ⸌ⲛ⸍ ⲧⲟⲧⲗ̄): ll. 8–9 (or 'son of Ngissinngal')
triklinios of Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲕⲥⲛ̄ ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ): l. 9
domestikos elect (?) (ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧⲓⳟⲟ): l. 10
great mounmo (ⲙⲟⲩⲛⲙⲟ ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲣ): ll. 10–11 (ed. pr. 'great eparch'; corr. NOM 4, no. 5a)
potentiary (?) of Ngokko (ⳟⲟⲕⲕⲟⲛ ⲣⲧ): l. 11
potentiary (?) of Sikkoti (ⲥⲕ̄ⲟⲗⲧⲛ̄ ⲣ̄ⲧ): l. 12
meizoteros of Adauou (ⲁ̇ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲛ ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): ll. 12–13
abba (ⲡⲁⲡⲟ): l. 14
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 14–15
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 15
domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡ⸌ⲁ⸍ⲣⲁ ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧ): l. 16
ngeshsh (ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 17
ngeshsh of domestikos (ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧⲛ̄ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 17
silentiary (ⲅⲟⲧⲧⲁⲙⲉⲧⲧ): l. 18
meizoteros of village (ⲣ̇ⲕⲛ̄ ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): l. 25
chief (ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ): l. 33
meizoteros of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧⲗ̄): ll. 33–4
priest (⳦): ll. 35, 43
asti of Motiko (ⲙⲟⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⲁⲥⲧⲗ̄): l. 40
chief of king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ): l. 43
tot of Silmi (= Ibrim) and Kisdauou (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲕⲥ̄ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 44
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 6
Ngissinngal (?) (ⳟⲥ︦ⲥⲛ︦ⳟⲁ⸌ⲛ⸍): l. 8 (or personal name?)
Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩⲕⲥⲛ︦): l. 9
Ngokko (ⳟⲟⲕⲕⲟ): l. 11
Sikkoti (ⲥⲕ︦ⲟⲗⲧⲛ︦): l. 12
Adauou (ⲁ︦ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩ): ll. 12–13
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲗ): l. 13; (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 15
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): ll. 14–15, 33, 44
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲁ⸍): l. 16
Lower Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦⸌ⲙⲛ︦⸍ ⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 19
(church of) Saint Menas (ⳟⲥ︦ⲥⲓ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ): l. 32
Motiko (ⲙⲟⲧⲓⲕⲟ): l. 40
Kisdauou (ⲕⲥ︦ⲇⲁⲩⲟⲩ): l. 44
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Latest edition
P. QI 3 34 (i)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, passim; Osman 1982, passim; Browne 1996d, p. 131; Plumley 1998c, p. 22; Bechhaus-Gerst 2000, pp. 18, 19; Satzinger 2004, pp. 536–537; Łajtar 2006a, p. 95; Łajtar 2009b, pp. 100–101 (on ll. 8–9); Hendricx 2011, pp. 48–51; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–270 (generally on Archive 3); Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, pp. 213–214, 222 (no. 17); Ruffini 2014a, n. 4 on p. 961, p. 966, with n. 41; Nubian Berichtigungsliste (http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/index.php/Nubian_Berichtigungsliste); NOM 4, no. 5 (on ll. 10–11 & 35–37)
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