Text 644

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TrismegistosTM text 141678
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
open courtyard of the W fortifications, in sealed jar (Archive 1)
Excavation no.
unknown
Present location
unknown, probably Egypt
Museum no.
EA 90225
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: legal
Language
Old Nubian
Content
deed of land sale by Ismale to Ionngoka and Kasla; King Ioel appearing
Date
14 November 1463
Notes
'official Nubian protocol'
year 1180 follows a leap year, which is why monthly date is one day later; lunar day incorrect – 14 days later than Alexandrian cycle
Material
leather
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
13
Height of letters
 
Description
irregular piece of leather; text written along longer margins; lower part left empty
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
14 November 1463
Chronological systems
Era of the Martyrs
lunar calendar
Egyptian calendar
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲁⲡⲟ ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⳝⲉⲙⲟⲩ (ⲁ ⲉⲓⲙ︤ⲗ︥̄ ⲡ̄ ⲉⲓⲛ︤ⲛ︥ ⲁ̇ⲑⲩ︥︦ⲣ̄ ⲓ︤ⲍ̄︥ ⲉⲓⲛ︤ⲛ︥ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ ⲓ︤ⲇ︥ ⲉⲓⲛ︤ⲛ︥ … ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲓ̈ⲱⲏⲗ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ ⲉⲓⲛ︤̄ⲛ︥
Transcription
"when it was (year) 1 (thousand) hundred 80 (= 1180 from the Martyrs, when it was Athyr 17, when it was the 14th (day) of the moon (...). King Ioel being King of Dotawo" (ll. 2–3)
Months
ⲁ̇ⲑⲩ︥︦ⲣ̄
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
king of Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 3
queen mother (ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ): l. 4
keeper of granaries (ϣⲟⲩⳟ): l. 4
property manager (?) (ⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉϣϣ): l. 4
architriklinios (ⲟⲇⳝⲟⲣⲏ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣ): l. 5
eparch of Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲛⲅⲟⲩⲛ ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): ll. 5–6
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): l. 6
tot of Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 11
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Dotawo (ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲟⲩ): l. 3
Nobadia (ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲛⲅⲟⲩⲛ): l. 5
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): l. 6
Paras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲏ): l. 11
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Source
Frend 1996, pl. before p. 317
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Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Latest edition
P. QI 4 63, fig. 1
Other editions
Łajtar – Ruffini 2011, pp. 121–31, fig. 1
Other publications
Frend 1968, p. 324; Frend 1972, pp. 228–9; Frend 1974, pp. 42–3; Plumley 1975a, pp. 105–6; Plumley 1978, pp. 234–5; Plumley 1982b, p. 110; Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 131; Frend 1996, pp. 309-10, pl. before p. 317; CSCN, table 41 on p. 310; Ruffini 2012a, passim; Nowak – Wojciechowski 2012, p. 228 (no. 34); Ruffini 2013, pp. 182, 185, 186