house 177, room 2, in jar beneath floor (Archive 3)
Excavation no.
NI 74.1.30.6(9c)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
letter from Adama, eparch of Nobadia, to Soueti, vice-eparch of Terpekkil
Date
1190–1199
Notes
address in Greek
Material
paper
Object dimensions
H: 25.0; W: 8.0
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black
Lines
i: 9; ii: 6
Height of letters
Description
no photo available
Decorative elements
State of preservation
complete
Date
1190–1199
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
priest (ⲥⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): i, ll. 5 (x2), 7 deacon (ⲇⲓⲁ̄ⲅⲟⲛ): i, l. 6; (ⲇⲓⲁⲅⲟⲛ): i, l. 7 eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲟⲃ⸌ⲇ⸍): ii, l. 6 domestikos of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 6 vice-eparch of Terpekkil (ⲁⲛ⸌ⲑ⸍ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲧⲉⲣ⸌ⲡ⸍): ii, l. 6
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Silmi (= Ibrim) (ⲥⲗ︦ⲙⲛ︦): i, ll. 2, 4 Nobadia (ⲛⲟⲃ⸌ⲇ⸍): ii, l. 6 Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 6 Terpekkil (ⲧⲉⲣ⸌ⲡ⸍): ii, l. 6
P. QI 3 49 (photo of side i at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-38-42-49.jpg)
Other editions
Other publications
Plumley 1975b, pp. 6–7, pl. 2.1; Plumley 1978, p. 241; Browne 1996d, p. 131; Adams 1996, p. 226 (translation); Hendricx 2011, pp. 44–46; Wojciechowski 2011, passim (on prosopography of Archive 3); Ruffini 2012a, passim, esp. pp. 14–19, 265–270 (generally on Archive 3); Ruffini 2014a, p. 966