Text 632

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Coptic
Content
2 documents on one sheet: A) security deed resulting from litigation between Mailanne and a man; B) legal text connected with lawsuit brought by Maria against Nalandouse
Date
700–899
Notes
acquired in Aswan
Material
leather
Object dimensions
H: 50.8; W: 38
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
i: 11; ii: 16
Height of letters
 
Description
two fragments of the same sheet of leather
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
A)
ⲙⲏ̄ ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ ⲕ ⲓⲛ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲓⲁ

B)
ⲙⲏ ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ ⲏ̄ ⲓⲛⲇ/ ⲓ︤ⲃ̄︥ †
Transcription
A) "in the month of Phaophi, (day) 20, in the 11th indiction" (l. 11)
B) "in the month of Mesore, (day) 8, in the 12th indiction" (l. 16)
Months
ⲫⲁⲱⲫⲓ
ⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
eparch (ⲡⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): i, l. 9
notary (ⲛⲟⲧⲁⲣ/): i, l. 9
potter (ⲡⲕⲉⲣⲁⲙⲉⲩⲥ): ii, l. 2
priest (ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ): ii, l. 12
chartoularios of Talmis (= Kalabsha) (ⲭⲁⲣⲧⲟⲩⲗⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲗⲙⲉⲱⲥ): ii, l. 14
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kourte (ⲛⲕⲟ︦ⲩ︦ⲣ︦ⲧ︦ⲉ︦): i, l. 8
...shi ([...]ϣ︦ⲓ︦): ii, l. 9
Talmis (= Kalabsha) (ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲓⲥ): ii, l. 3; (ⲧⲁⲗⲙⲉⲱⲥ): ii, l. 14
Pachoras (= Faras) ([ⲡⲁ]ⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ): ii, l. 3
Kelsi (ⲕⲉ[ⲗ]ⲥⲉⲓ): ii, l. 4
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 452, pp. 215–17
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, p. 157 (F–G) (fragmentary translation); Crum 1899b, p. 225; Griffith 1925, p. 263; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 218 (no. 7)
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