Text 635

Provenance
unknown
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
in 1900 in Alexandria, now unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Greek/Coptic
Content
deed of land sale; king Chael appearing
Date
after 784–after 812
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
Material
leather
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
after 784–after 812
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
regnal years
Dating formulae
ⲙ̄︤ⲏ̄︥ ⲫⲁ̣ⲩ̣ⲫⲓ … [---] ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲫⲓⲟ⸌ⲗ⸍ ⲛ̄ⲣⲣⲟ ⲭⲁⲏⲗ
Transcription
"in the month of Phaophi. ... [In the ....] year of our Christ-loving king Chael" (ll. ?)
Months
ⲫⲁ̣ⲩ̣ⲫⲓ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲣⲣⲟ): l. ?
[---]koulia[---] ([---]ⲕⲟⲩⲗⲓⲁ[---]): l. ?
protodomestikos of palace of king (ⲡⲣⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲇⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲙⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙ̄ⲡⲣⲣⲟ): l. ?
abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): l. ?
bishop of Kourte (ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟ⸌ⲡⲟⲥ⸍ ⲛⲕⲟⲣⲉ): recto, l. ?
illustris (?) (ⲓ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣): l. ?
protomeizoteros of palace (ⲡⲣⲟⲙⲓⲍⲱ ⲙⲡⲁⲗⲗⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ): l. ?
primikerios (ⲡⲣ ̣ ̣ⲙ ̣ ̣ⲕⲟⲣⲁⲥ): l. ?
meizoteros of Nobadia (ⲙ̄ⲙⲓⲍⲱⲛ ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. ?
eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟ ⲛⲛ⸌ⲟ⸍ⲡⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. ?
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Kourte (ⲕⲟⲣⲉ): l. ?
Nobadia (ⲧⲛⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲁ): recto, l. ?; (ⲛ⸌ⲟ⸍ⲡⲁⲧⲓⲁ): l. ?
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
unpublished; fragmentary translation in Krall 1900, pp. 238–40
Other editions
 
Other publications
Griffith 1928b, p. 16 (no. 3); I. Faras Copt., pp. 74–5; Hägg 1990, pp. 162, 163; CSCN, p. 210; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 219 (no. 11); Berkes 2017, pp. 115–16, table on p. 119
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