DBMNT

Medium: manuscript
Technique: painted
Type of text: document: legal
Language: Old Nubian
Content: deed of fictitious land sale (or donation) by Adama, eparch of Nobadia, to the Church of the Holy Trinity; king Basil appears
Date: 16 August 1199
Notes: 'official Nubian protocol'
P. QI III 40 – AD 1200; 16 August 1199 fell on Monday; lunar day incorrect – 5 days earlier than Alexandrian cycle

Date: 16 August 1199
Chronological systems: lunar calendar
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
Era of the Martyrs
indiction (Constantinopolitan)
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲓⲁ ⲕⲅ︦ⲧⲁ · ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ ⲕ̄︤ⲋ̄︥ⲧⲁ · ⲙⲥ̄ⲧⲉ ⳟⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲣⲁ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ · ⲁ̄ⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⳨ⲓ︦ⲉ︦ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ · ⲃⲁⲥⲗ̄ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ·
Transcription: "on the 23rd (day) of (the month of) Mesore, on the 26th (day) of the moon, when it was the day of the Small Fast (= Wednesday), when it was (year) 915 from the Martyrs, Basil being King of Dotawo" (ll. 2–3)
Months: ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲓ-ⲁ
Weakdays: ⲙⲥ̄ⲧⲉ ⳟⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲣⲁ̄
Feasts

Offices & titles: king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 3
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 3
ngash (ⳟⲁϣ): l. 4
triklinios (ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ): l. 4
great scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉ̇ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣ): ll. 4–5
domestikos elect (?) (ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧⲓⳟⲟ): l. 5
abba (ⲡⲁⲡⲟ): ll. 5, 17
bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ︦ⲙ︦ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 6, 17–18
triklinios of eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲓⲛ ⲟⲇⳡⲟⲇ): l. 6
great priest (ⲥⲟⲣⲧⲟ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣ): ll. 6–7; (⳦ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲗ̄): ll. 23–4
ngeshsh of domestikos (ⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧⲛ̄ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 7
silentiary (ⲅⲟⲧⲧⲁⲙⲉⲧⲧ): ll. 7–8
ngeshsh (ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 8
ngeshshigaueikko (ⳟⲉϣϣⲓⲅⲁⲩⲉⲕ̄ⲕⲟ): l. 8
vice-eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲓⲙⲁⲣ): l. 9
meizoteros of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ︦ⲙ︦ ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): l. 9
ngeshsh of Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧⲟⲩⲁⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 10
ngeshsh of Odjo (ⲟⲇⳝⲟⲛ ⳟⲉϣϣ): l. 10
goush of town (ⲇⲡ̄ⲡⲛ̄ ⲅⲟⲩϣ): l. 11
siring (ⲥⲓⲣⲛ̄): l. 11
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲅⲟⲩⲛ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): ll. 11–12
domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲥⲁⲙⲁⲧ): l. 12
scribe (ⲥⲟⲩ⸌ⲛ⸍ⲧⲟⲩⲉ̇): l. 12
priest (⳦): l. 18 (x3)
timakkis (ⲧⲓⲙⲁⲕⲕⲓⲥ): l. 18
meizoteros (ⲇⲁⲩⲕⲁⲧⲧ): l. 19

Toponyms & ethnonyms: Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 3
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲛ): ll. 11–12
Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ︦ⲙ︦): ll. 6, 9, 17; (ⲫⲣ︦ⲙ︦ ⲇⲡ︦ⲡ): l. 13
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): ll. 28, 29, 32
Atwa (ⲁ︦ⲧⲟⲩⲁ): l. 10
Odjo (ⲟⲇⳝⲟ): l. 10
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁ): l. 12
church of the Holy Trinity (ⲧⲟⲩⲥⲕⲟ ⳟⲥ︦ⲥⲛ︦ ⲕⲥ︦ⲥⲉ): l. 13; (ⲧⲟⲩⲥⲕⲟ ⳟⲥ︦ⲥ): l. 15
Lower Oudji (ⲟⲩⲇⳝⲗ︦ ⲧⲁⲩⲟ︦): ll. 14–15; (ⲟⲩⲇⳝⲛ︦ ⲧⲁⲩⲟ︦): l. 24
(church of) 24 (Elders) at Mosmosi (ⲙⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥⲛ︦ ⲕⲇ): l. 27
Mosmosi (ⲙⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥⲛ︦): l. 27
(church of) Peter in Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟ︦ⲥⲓⲛ): l. 29
(church of) Epimachus (ⲉ︦ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲭⲟⲥⲓ): l. 31
(church of) Apostle in Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦ ⲁ︦ⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥⲓⲛ): l. 28

Other publications: Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, passim; Osman 1982, passim; Browne 1998c, p. 23; Bechhaus-Gerst 2000, pp. 17, 19; CSBE(2), pp. 313–314 (no. 16); Hendricx 2011, pp. 46–47; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); CSCN, table 11 on p. 72, table 47 on p. 337; Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–270 (generally on Archive 3); Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 225 (no. 25); Ruffini 2014a, p. 966; NOM 4, no. 7 (on Papasinen the ‘ngash’) and 10 (on ll. 19 & 20)

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