Text 587

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.
NI 74.1.30.6(16) (74/14.16)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
deed of land sale by Aggestotil to Mashshouda; king Basil appearing
Date
probably 1198–1199
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Material
paper
Object dimensions
H: 29; W: 12.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
33
Height of letters
 
Description
rectangular sheet of paper; ll. 10–33 written by 2nd hand
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
probably 1198–1199
Chronological systems
lunar calendar
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲉ̄ⲡⲓⲫⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⲩⲁ̄ⲉⲓⲗⲁ · ⲅ̄ · ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ · ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ · ⲋ̄ · ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ · … ⲃⲁⲥⲗ̄ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄ ⲧⲉⲉⲓⲧⲓ ⲅⲉⲛⲕⲟⲗ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
Transcription
"when it was the 3rd (day) of the month of Epeiph, when it was the 6th (day) of the moon, King Basil, who has good hope, being king of Dotawo" (ll. 3–7)
Months
ⲉ︦ⲡⲓⲫ-ⲛ︦
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 5
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 6
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 7
domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲥⲁⲙⲁⲧ): l. 8
abba (ⲡⲁⲡⲟ): ll. 8–9
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 9, 26
choiakishshil (ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕϣ̄ϣⲕ̄): l. 11
ouataphil (ⲟⲩⲁ̇ⲧⲁⲫⲗ̄): l. 27
meizoteros (ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): l. 27
chairimatai (ⲭⲁⲏⲣⲓⲙⲁⲧⲁⲉⲗ̄): l. 28
eisol (ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲗ): l. 29
atparkitil (ⲁⲧⲡⲁⲣⲕⲓⲧⲗ̄): ll. 29–30
suppliant (ⲉⲓⲥⲕⲧ̄ⲧⲁ): l. 31
deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ̇ⲕⲟⲛ): l. 32
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲱ): l. 6
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 7
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ): l. 8; (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥ): l. 20
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): ll. 9, 26; (ⲥⲓⲗⲓⲙⲏ): l. 13; (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲓ): l. 14
Silmi-West (= Ibrim-West) (ⲥⲓⲗⲙⲓ ⲧⲓⲛⲟ): ll. 20–1
(church of) Michael (ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏ︦ⲗⲓⲛ): l. 18; (ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗⲓⲛ): l. 19
(church of) Georgios in Silmi-West (= Ibrim-West) (ⲥⲓⲗⲙⲓ ⲧⲓⲛⲟ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟ︦ⲥⲓ): ll. 20–1
Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⳟⳟⲗ̄ⲕⲓ): l. 30 (P. QI 3 39: ⲉⲓⲣⲟⲧⲁⲧⲟⲩⳟⳟⲗ̄ⲕⲓ, ‘Eirotatoungngilki’; NOM 4, no. 9b: ⲉⲓⲣⲟⲧⲁ ⲧⲟⲩⳟⳟⲗ̄ⲕⲓ, ‘Irota Toungngilki = Irota of Toungngil’)
Source
P. QI III, pl. 2
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
P. QI 3 39, pl. 2
Other editions
 
Other publications
Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, passim; Osman 1982, passim; Satzinger 1995, col. 423; Łajtar 1992a, pp. 123–124 (no. 4); Browne 1998c, p. 23; Bechhaus-Gerst 2000, p. 19; 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, p. 225 (no. 24); NOM 4, no. 9 (on ll. 18–19 & 30–31); Obłuski 2019, p. 217
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