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Text 2269

Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
citadel, reused in late Christian construction
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
unknown contents
Date
1000–1099
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
1000–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Millet 1967, p. 59
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2270

Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
citadel, reused in late Christian construction
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
Arabic
Content
unknown contents
Date
1000–1099
Notes
 
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
1000–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Millet 1967, p. 59
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2271

Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
citadel, crypt under south pastophorium of church 4
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
textile
Technique
painted
Type of text
subliterary: magical
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
prayer to Mary and saints for protection of Gapoiapa
Date
1200–1299
Notes
last lines in Greek
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
1200–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Ruffini 2015, p. 57
Other editions
 
Other publications
Millet 1967, p. 60
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Text 2272

Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
citadel, crypt under church 4
Excavation no.
66:1:38
Present location
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
textile
Technique
painted
Type of text
subliterary: magical
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
prayer to Mary and saints for protection of Komar
Date
1200–1299
Notes
line 1 in Greek (Trinitary formula)
Material
unidentified
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
38
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
1200–1299
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
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Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Ruffini 2015, pp. 57, 60–1, 65, 67
Other editions
 
Other publications
Millet 1967, p. 60
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Text 2273

Provenance
Gebel Adda
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
'palace', one of storerooms
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
document
Language
Old Nubian
Content
unidentified
Date
1400–1499
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
not recorded
Height of letters
 
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
1400–1499
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
priest (unpublished form): l. ?
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Millet 1967, p. 62
Other editions
 
Other publications
 
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Text 2274

Provenance
Biga
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 5, tomb 111
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
lamp
Technique
casting
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
Greek
Content
name of saint abba Sergios
Date
500–799
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
pink
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on lamp; no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
500–799
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
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 14, 282 (no. 14)
Other editions
Firth 1910, p. 108
Other publications
 
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Text 2275

Provenance
Sakinya
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
stela
Technique
incised
Type of text
epitaph
Language
unidentified
Content
epitaph of unidentified person
Date
700–999
Notes
 
Material
sandstone
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
5
Height of letters
 
Description
round-topped stela; epigraphic field framed by border in form of aedicula
Decorative elements
aedicula-type decoration in shallow refief: 2 columns supporting lintel with 4 panels containing rosettas and conch above
State of preservation
stone complete but text severely damaged; only the lowermost line legible
Date
700–999
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
Dating formulae
ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ ⲓ̈ⲋ̣
Transcription
"Thoth 16 (?)" (l. 4)
Months
ⲑⲱ︦ⲑ
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
I. Sak., pl. 2.11
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in I. Sak., pl. 2.11
Other editions
 
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Text 2276

Provenance
Biga
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cemetery 5, tomb 98
Excavation no.
 
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
lamp
Technique
painted
Type of text
name
Language
Greek
Content
name of blessed Esioch (?)
Date
500–799
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on lamp; no photo available
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
 
Date
500–799
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
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 14
Other editions
Firth 1910, p. 108
Other publications
 
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Text 2277

Provenance
Debod
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
temple
Excavation no.
 
Present location
Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
Museum no.
6744
Medium
lamp
Technique
unidentified
Type of text
name of divine entity/saint
Language
Greek
Content
name of saint Polyoktos
Date
500–799
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription on lamp
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
inscription complete
Date
500–799
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), 12, pl. 91, Gr. 322
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 24, 283 (no. 22)
Other editions
Roeder 1911, p. 18
Other publications
Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 9; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 91, Gr. 322; Erman 1899, p. 414 (description and German translation)
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Text 2278

Provenance
Hindawi
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
on rocks
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved (?)
Museum no.
 
Medium
rock
Technique
incised (graffito)
Type of text
visitor's inscription
Language
unidentified
Content
inscription left by Seuaikouri (?)
Date
900–1499
Notes
 
Material
stone
Object dimensions
W: 30
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
1 line 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
Roeder 1911, pl. 118g
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 25
Other editions
Roeder 1911, p. 183, pl. 118g
Other publications
 
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Text 2279

Provenance
Kalabsha (Beit el-Wali)
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church converted from temple of Ramses II
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised or painted (graffito or dipinto)
Type of text
private prayer
Language
Coptic
Content
prayer to St Andrew the Apostle
Date
600–1199
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
6
Height of letters
 
Description
6 lines of incised inscription
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; lowermost line lost
Date
600–1199
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), 12, pl. 103, 38
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Delattre – Vanthieghem 2018, pp. 104–7, figs. 2–3
Other editions
Schmidt, in Roeder 1938, pp. 173–4
Other publications
Rifaud 1830, pl. 186, no. 28; Lepsius 1849–59: 5 (text), p. 14; 6 (plates), 12, pl. 103, 38; Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 32; Richter 2002, p. 154, n. 27; CIEN 6, no. 55
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Text 2280

Provenance
Kalabsha
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
church converted from temple of August; placed above painting
Excavation no.
 
Present location
not preserved
Museum no.
 
Medium
wall
Technique
incised or painted (graffito or dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
unidentified
Content
name of Ioannes
Date
600–1199
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
not recorded
Object colour
 
Text colour
 
Lines
1
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription placed above painting representing head in nimbus
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
600–1199
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
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 36
Other editions
 
Other publications
Legh 1816, pp. 90–1; Light 1818, p. 66
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