Text 722

Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
citadel, room 121, under room 56
Excavation no.
65:2:55
Present location
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Museum no.
ROM acc. no. 973.24.1185
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
subliterary
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
fragment of lunary with prognostics for two days of lunar month accompanied by hymnical text in Greek
Date
1100–1499
Notes
Greek fragments noted down below Old Nubian in smaller letters and different hand
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
H: 12.5; W: 7.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black and red
Lines
hair: 19
flesh: 19
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of leaf of codex; parts or entries separated by red line and beginning with date in red ink; pagination preserved in upper margin (pp. 57 and 58); Greek text added below the Old Nubian one in smaller script
Decorative elements
red ink used for rubrics and lines dividing parts of text
State of preservation
lower part destroyed; remaining margins preserved
Date
1100–1499
Chronological systems
lunar calendar
Dating formulae
ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲁ : ⲕ · ⲇ :
[ⲟⲩ]ⲛ̣ⲛⲁ : ⲕ̄︤ⲉ̄︥ :

(transcription by Łajtar)
Transcription
"24th (day) of the moon" (hair side, l. 10)
"25th (day) of the moon" (flesh side, l. 13)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Łajtar 2014e, fig. 3
Image
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Source
Łajtar 2014e, fig. 3
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Łajtar – van Gerven Oei 2020
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar 2014e, p. 193, fig. 3
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