Text 638
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Region
- Nobadia
- Findspot
- open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
- Excavation no.
- unknown
- Present location
- unknown, probably Egypt
- Museum no.
- EA 90231
- Medium
- manuscript
- Technique
- painted
- Type of text
- document: legal
- Language
- Old Nubian
- Content
- deed of land sale by Ida to Marturokouda; king Dauid appearing
- Date
- circa 1268–before 1276
- Notes
- 'official Nubian protocol'
- Material
- leather
- Object dimensions
- not recorded
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- Text colour
- black
- Lines
- 25
- Height of letters
- Description
- fragment of rectangular piece of leather; text written along longer edges
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- fragmentary; large part of left-hand side lost, but all margins preserved; ink obliterated in places
- Date
- circa 1268–before 1276
- Chronological systems
- Egyptian calendar
lunar calendar
king's occurrence
- Dating formulae
- ⲡ̣ⲁⲭⲟⲛⲛⲁ̣ ⲁ̄ ⲛⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲛ[ⲛⲁ] ⲕ̣̄ⲑ̣̄ ⲛⲛ̄ … [--- ⲟⲩⲣⲟ]ⲩ̣ⳣⲏ ⲇ̄ⲁ̄ⲇ̄ ⲟ̣[ⲩⲣⲟⲩ]ⳣⲁ̄ ⲛ̣ⲛ
- Transcription
- "when it was Pachon 1, when it was 27th (day) of the moon ... King David being king (?)" (ll. 1–2)
- Months
- ⲡ̣ⲁⲭⲟⲛⲛ
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- king ([ⲟⲩⲣⲟ]ⲩ̣ⳣⲏ): l. 2; (ⲟ̣[ⲩⲣⲟⲩ]ⳣ): l. 2
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ̣): ll. 2–3
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 3
property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉϣ̣[---]): l. 3
triklinios (ⲁⲗⳡⲟⲣ): l. 3
scribe (ⲥⲟⲩⲛ̣⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 4
bishop of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩ̣ⲅ̣ⲅ̣ⲗ̣ ⲡ̣ⲁⲡⲥⲁ̣): l. 4
great eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⲥⲟⳟⲟ̣ⳝ ⲇⲁⲩⲣ): l. 4
meizoteros of Adauou (ⲁⲇⲇⲁⳣⲛ ⲇ̣[ⲁⲩⲕ]ⲁ̣ⲧ): l. 5
deputy of eparch (ⲥ̣[ⲟⳟ]ⲟ̣ⳝⲛ̄ ⳣⲥ̄ⲕⲧ̄ⲧ): l. 5
deputy of domestikos of Paras (= Faras) (ⳣ̣ⲓⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲥⲕⲧ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏ ⲥⲁⲙⲙ̣ⲁⲧⲁ): l. 5
bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ̄ ⲭⲁⲏ[ⲗ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟ]): l. 6; (ⲉⲡⲥ̣̄ⲕ̣ⲟ̣ⲡⲟ ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ̄): l. 20
tot of Allou Ⲓsland (ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ ⲧⲟⲧⲓ): l. 6
vice-eparch (ⲥⲟⳟ̣ⲟⳝ ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣): l. 6
ngeshsh of Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲉⲧⲓ ⳟⲉ̣ϣ[---]): l. 7 (P. QI 4 69: 'Kourketi being ngeshsh'; corr. NOM 4, no. 22b)
tot of Ase (ⲁⲥⲥⲏ ⲧⲟⲧⲓ): l. 7
eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): ll. 8, 12; (ⲥⲟ̣ⳟⲟ̣ⳝ): l. 14
priest (ⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲣ̣⸌ⲧ̣⸍): l. 13
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩ̣ⲅ̣ⲅ̣ⲗ̣): l. 4
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲛ︦): l. 4
Adauou (ⲁⲇⲇⲁⳣ): l. 5
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏ): l. 5
Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ): l. 6; (ⲡ̣ⲣ̣ⲉⲙ): l. 15; (ⲫⲣ̄ⲉ̄ⲙ̄): l. 20
Allou island (ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲁⲣⲧⲓ): l. 6
Koudketi (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲉⲧⲓ): l. 7 (P. QI 4 69: as personal name; corr. NOM 4, no. 22b)
Ase (ⲁⲥⲥⲏ): l. 7
Kourte (ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉⲕⲏ): l. 10; (ⲕⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲕⲏⲛⲏ): l. 11
- Latest edition
- P. QI 4 69, fig. 7
- Other editions
- Other publications
- Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–6; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 182–3; NOM 4, no. 22 (on names in ll. 4, 6–7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19)
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