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Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.
NI 74.1.30/6(10)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
fragmentary document of unknown contents; unnamed king mentioned
Date
probably 1100–1199
Notes
possibly earlier and unrelated to documents in Archive 3
king's titulature in Greek
Material
leather
Object dimensions
fr. A: H: 5.5; W: 16
fr. B: H: 9; W: 19.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
fr. A: 5; fr. B: 8
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available; known only from transcription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
two non-joining fragments; poorly preserved
Date
probably 1100–1199
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲃⲗⲥ ⲁ̇ⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲋ ⲙⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍
Transcription
"[---] king of Arwa and Makouria" (fr. A, l. 1)
Months
 
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Offices & titles
king of Aruades and Makurites (ⲃⲗⲥ ⲁ̇ⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲋ ⲙⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): A, l. 1
bishop (ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ): A, l. 3
priest (⳦): B, l. 2 (x2)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Aruades (ⲁ̇ⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍): A, l. 1
Makurites (ⲙⲁ⸌ⲕ⸍): A, l. 1
Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
P. QI 3, pp. vii–viii (preliminary transcription)
Other editions
 
Other publications
Plumley 1978, p. 232; P. QI 4, p. 39
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