DBMNT

Provenance: Dongola
Region: Makuria
Findspot: monastery on kom H, north-west annex, room 3, west wall, south side of large arcade
Excavation no.
Present location: Dongola, in situ
Museum no.

Medium: wall
Technique: incised (graffito)
Type of text: commemorative inscription
Language: Old Nubian
Content: inscription commemorating visit of group of dignitaries; king Mashkouda appearing
Date: probably 1272 or 1276–before 1280
Notes: King Mashkouda can be identical with Shekanda, but such combination of dates does not coincide during his reign in 1260s and 1270s, the dates coincide on 17 June 1240 – information owed to A. Łajtar

Date: probably 1272 or 1276–before 1280
Chronological systems: lunar calendar
Egyptian calendar
day of the week
king's occurrence

Dating formulae: ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ̈ⲁ̇ ⲕ︤ⲅ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ︥ ⲡⲟⲩϣ ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍ ⲉⲓⲛ̣ⲛ̣︥ ⲟ̣ⲩⲛⲛ̣ⲁ ⲕⲏ︥ ⲉⲓⲛⲛ︥ … ⲙⲁϣⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ︥ [---]
Transcription: "when it was Payni 23, when it was the first day of the week (= Sunday), when it was the 28th (day) of the moon" (ll. 1–2)
"of King Mashkouda" (l. 3)
Months: ⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ̈ⲁ̇
Weakdays: ⲡⲟⲩϣ ⲡⲣⲱ⸌ⲧ⸍
Feasts

Offices & titles: priest of (Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥ ⳦): l. 2
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ︥): ll. 3, 7; (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ[ⲉⲛ︥]): l. 6; (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): l. 9
priest (?) of (Church of) John of Tillarti (ⲧⲗ︥ⲁⲣⲧⲛ︥ ⲓ̈ⲱ︦ⲩ): l. 4
deacon of (Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥ ⲇⲓⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): l. 6
lord of elders of the king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲛ︥ ⲅⲟⲣ[ⲧ]ⳟⲟⲇ): ll. 7–8
chief (ⲟⲩⲣⲁ): l. 8

Toponyms & ethnonyms: (Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥): l. 2
(Church of) John of Tillarti (ⲧⲗ︥ⲁⲣⲧⲛ︥ ⲓ̈ⲱ︦ⲩ): l. 4
Tillarti (ⲧⲗ︥ⲁⲣⲧⲛ︥): l. 4
(Church of) Jesus (ⲓⲥ︥): l. 6

Latest edition: Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, pp. 36–38, no. XVI, fig. on p. 37
Other editions

Other publications: Khalil 1996, cover (tracing); I. Khartoum Greek, p. 175 (dating lemma); CIEN 5, no. 73

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