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Text 1453

Provenance
Masida (Miseeda)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church (site MAS021); left of DBMNT 1452
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Masida (Miseeda), in situ (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified
Date
probably 1000–1399
Notes
3rd Cataract
probably Old Nubian
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
3 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; only endings of lines preserved; letters obliterated
Date
probably 1000–1399
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Edwards 2012, fig. 6.30
Image
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Source
 
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Latest edition
Łajtar 2012
Other editions
 
Other publications
Edwards 2012, pp. 161, 169, fig. 6.30
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Text 1454

Provenance
Soba
Region
Alwa
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.
ÄM 8239
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
marble
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black on backside
Lines
i: 4; ii: 3
Height of letters
 
Description
triangular fragment of stela inscribed on both sides; ruling (?)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Erman 1881, pp. 112–14
Other editions
 
Other publications
Erman 1899, p. 414 (description); Shinnie 1955, p. 16 (no. 2)
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Text 1455

Provenance
Soba
Region
Alwa
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.
ÄM 8240
Medium
stela
Technique
incised & painted
Type of text
unidentified
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
marble
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black on backside
Lines
i: 3; ii: 3
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of stela inscribed on both sides; ruling (?)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Erman 1881, pp. 112–14
Other editions
 
Other publications
Erman 1899, p. 414 (description); Shinnie 1955, p. 16 (no. 2)
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Text 1456

Provenance
Soba
Region
Alwa
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.
ÄM 2262
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Old Nubian
Content
probably epitaph; name of Georgios mentioned
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
marble
Object dimensions
H: 42
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black on backside
Lines
i: 15; ii: 12
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular (?) stela inscribed on both sides; ruling in 2 different hands; ruling on both sides; epigraphic field on side i framed by incised line; last line on side i written on flat margin below incised frame
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; put together of 2 pieces; portion of lower and one side margin preserved
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 12a
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 12b
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1928, pp. 191–2
Other editions
 
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), pp. 347–8; 6 (plates), 11, pl. 12a–b; Erman 1899, p. 414 (description); Schäfer – Schmidt 1906, p. 784; Ermann 1881, pp. 112, 114; Shinnie 1955, p. 15 (no. 1); Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 115
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Text 1457

Provenance
Soba
Region
Alwa
Findspot
unknown
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin (previously Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin)
Museum no.
3/84 (ÄM 4378)
Medium
lamp
Technique
casting
Type of text
commemorative inscription
Language
Coptic
Content
inscription of apa Mersh
Date
500–599
Notes
 
Material
bronze
Object dimensions
H: 17.5; W: 14.5
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
bronze lamp hilder with inscription running around below rim
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; a part of body with inscription lacking
Date
500–599
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
apa (ⲁⲡⲁ): l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=1567931&viewType=detailView
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 12c–d
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Schlunk 1939, p. 52 (no. 147), pl. 45.147
Other editions
Erman 1881, p. 115
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 348; 6 (plates), 11, pl. 12c–d; Erman 1899, p. 414 (description); Shinnie 1955, p. 16 (no. 5); Catalogue Berlin 1992, p. 176 (no. 89); Catalogue Hamm 1996, p. 216 (no. 225); Brakmann 2006, p. 300; http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=1567931&viewType=detailView
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Text 1458

Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Region
Alwa
Findspot
temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
unidentified
Language
unidentified
Content
unidentified
Date
600–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
3 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
600–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 11, pl. 11, 57
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 57
Other editions
 
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 345; Zyhlarz 1928, p. 191
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Text 1459

Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Region
Alwa
Findspot
temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Old Nubian
Content
inscription left by Ipsi (?)
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
1 lines of incised inscription; fragment of text inscribed above (perhaps belonging to the same graffito)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 11, pl. 11, 58 (upper)
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 58 (upper); mentioned in Zyhlarz 1928, p. 190
Other editions
 
Other publications
Linant de Bellefonds 1821–2, pl. 24; Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 345
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Text 1460

Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Region
Alwa
Findspot
temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Old Nubian
Content
inscription left by Powese (?)
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
1 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 58 (lower)
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1928, p. 190
Other editions
Erman 1881, p. 115
Other publications
Linant de Bellefonds 1821–2, pl. 24; Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 345; 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 58 (lower); Munro-Hay 1982/3, p. 113
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Text 1461

Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Region
Alwa
Findspot
temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Old Nubian
Content
perhaps visitor’s inscription
Date
1000–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
1 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
1000–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 59
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 59
Other editions
 
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 345
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Text 1462

Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Region
Alwa
Findspot
temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription left by Kode (?)
Date
600–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
1 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
600–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 11, pl. 11, no. 60
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 60; mentioned in Ermann 1881, pp. 114, 115
Other editions
 
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 345;
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Text 1463

Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Region
Alwa
Findspot
temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
Old Nubian
Content
inscription left by .owasim (?), tot of Ami
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
1 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete; letters obliterated in places
Date
900–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
tot of Ami (ⲁⲙⲓⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ): l. 1 (Zyhlarz 1928: ⲓⲙⲁⲙⲓⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ, 'son of Imami; corr. G. Ochała)
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Ami (ⲁⲙⲓ): l. 1 (Zyhlarz 1928: ⲓⲙⲁⲙⲓ, 'Imami' [anthroponym]; corr. G. Ochała)
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59: 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 61
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1928, p. 190
Other editions
 
Other publications
Linant de Bellefonds 1821–2, pl. 24; Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 345; 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 61
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Text 1464

Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Region
Alwa
Findspot
ramp 541, north wall, north-west of main temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Meroe, in situ
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
name
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription reading ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲉⲗⲏ, perhaps personal name
Date
600–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
H: 10; W: 20
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
1 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
almost complete; letters obliterated in places
Date
600–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Tsakos 2011a, fig. on p. 202
Image
Image not available
Source
Lepsius 1849–59, VI (plates), 11, pl. 11, 62
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Tsakos 2011a, pp. 201–5, fig. on p. 202
Other editions
 
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 345; 6 (plates), 11, pl. 11, 62
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