Text 723

Provenance
Tamit
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
Church of Raphael; east face of pilaster in area H (centre of south aisle, near south entrance)
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Old Nubian
Content
perhaps prayer to Archangel Raphael by one Mame; mentioning King Ioel
Date
circa 1460–circa 1490
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
26
Height of letters
2–3 cm
Description
 
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete; upper right corner destroyed; ink partly obliterated
Date
circa 1460–circa 1490
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲓ̈ⲱⲏⲗ
ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲓ̈ⲱⲏⲗ
Transcription
"King Ioel" (l. 9)
"King Ioel" (l. 17)
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): ll. 9, 17
bishop of Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⲡ̣ⲁⲡⲁ̣ⲥ̣): l. 14 (Donadoni 1967: ⲥ̄ⲗ̄ ⲛ̄ ̣ ̣ⲡ ̣ⲁ; NOM 3, no. 12: ⲥⲗ̄ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲡⲁ̣ⲥ̣ⲗⲟ)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ̄ⲙⲛ̄): l. 14 (Donadoni 1967: ⲥ̄ⲗ̄ ⲛ̄ ̣ ̣ⲡ ̣ⲁ; NOM 3, no. 12: ⲥⲗ̄ⲙ̣ⲛ̄ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲡⲁ̣ⲥ̣ⲗⲟ)
Source
Donadoni 1967, fig. 22
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Donadoni 1967, pp. 61–4, no. 1, pls. 20, 1; 22
Other editions
 
Other publications
Łajtar – Ruffini 2011, p. 127; NOM 3, no. 12, fig. 5 (on l. 14: Merki, bishop of Ibrim); CIEN 7, no. 33
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