Text 642
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Region
- Nobadia
- Findspot
- open courtyard of west fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
- Excavation no.
- Present location
- unknown, probably Egypt
- Museum no.
- EA 90228
- Medium
- manuscript
- Technique
- painted
- Type of text
- document: official
- Language
- Old Nubian
- Content
- royal proclamation concerning land; king Siti appearing
- Date
- circa 1330–circa 1339
- Notes
- 'official Nubian protocol'
- Material
- leather
- Object dimensions
- H: 60; W: 38
- Text dimensions
- Object colour
- Text colour
- black
- Lines
- 17
- Height of letters
- Description
- rectangular piece of leather; text written along shorter edges; wide lower margin
- Decorative elements
- State of preservation
- text complete, but strongly obliterated; holes in lower part not affecting text
- Date
- circa 1330–circa 1339
- Chronological systems
- Era of the Martyrs
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence
- Dating formulae
- ⲁ̣̇ⲡ̣ⲟ̣ ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣⸌ⲧ̣⸍ (ⲁ̣ ̣ ̣ [--- ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲗ]ⲁ ⲕ̄ⲏ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄ ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲕⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲣⲁ ⲥ̣ⲁⲙⲁ ̣ⲁ̣ⲗ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ⲓ̄ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄· ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲥⲓⲧⲓⲗ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄
- Transcription
- "(in the year) from the Martyrs 10.., when it was day 28 [---], when it was the day of ..., King Siti being king" (ll. 2–3)
- Months
- Weakdays
- Feasts
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- Offices & titles
- king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 4 (x2), 14; (ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲣⲟⲩ): l. 16
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛ[ⲛⲉ]ⲛ): l. 5
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩ[ⳟ]ⲓⲣ): l. 5
any joknashi (ⲁ̇ⳡ[ⲗ ⳝ]ⲟ̇ⲕⲛⲁϣⲉⲓ): l. 6
bishop of Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲓⲗⲛ̄ [ⲡⲁ]ⲡⲁⲥ): ll. 6–7
great property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧ̣ⲁ̣ϣⲉⲓ ⲇⲁⲩⲉ̣ⲓ̣ⲣ̣): l. 7
great scribe (ⲥⲟⲩ̣ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣ): l. 8
architriklinios (ⲟ̣ⲇ̣ⳡⲟ̣ⲣ̣ ⲇ̣ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣ): ll. 8–9 (P. QI 4 66: ⲙ̣ⲛⲧⲉⲩ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲁ̣ⳝ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ̣ | <ⲟⲗⳡⲟⲣⲉⲓ> ⲇ̣ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣⲁ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄; NOM 4, no. 19a: ⲙ̣ⲛⲧⲉ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲟ̣ⲗ̣ⳡⲟ̣ⲣ̣ | ⲇ̣ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣⲁ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ̄)
ng...ny (ⳟ ̣ ̣ ̣ⳡ̣): l. 9
triklinios of Douksi (ⲇ̣[ⲟⲩ]ⲕ̣ⲥ̣ⲛ̄ ⲟ̣ⲗⳡⲟⲣ): l. 10 (P. QI 4 66: ⲁ ̣ ̣ⳡ̣· ⲟ̣ⲗⳡⲟⲣⲁ; corr. NOM 4, no. 19b)
ngeshsh of Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧ̣ⲟⲩⲁⲏ ⳟⲉϣ): l. 10
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): l. 11
ngeshshgoko (ⳟⲉ̣ϣⲉ̣ⲅⲟ̣ⲕⲟ): l. 12
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄): l. 13
- Toponyms & ethnonyms
- Toungoul (= Dongola) (ⲧⲟⲩⲅⲅⲓⲗ): l. 6
Atwa (ⲁ̇ⲧ̣ⲟⲩⲁ): l. 10
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓ): l. 11
Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ): l. 13
- Latest edition
- P. QI 4 66, fig. 4
- Other editions
- Other publications
- Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Ruffini 2013, passim, esp. pp. 188–90; Łajtar 2015b, p. 243; NOM 4, no. 19 (on names in ll. 8–10)
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