letter from unidentified eparch to Mena, bishop of Phrim
Date
probably 1150–1199
Notes
address in Greek transcription labelled 74.1.29/11d (also in Plumley 1978 and Ruffini 2014a)
Material
paper
Object dimensions
H: 8.3; W: 22.3
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
i: 6; ii: 1
Height of letters
Description
rectangular sheet of paper, written on both sides along longer edges; text originally folded three times horizontally
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete; one side margin damaged
Date
probably 1150–1199
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
eparch (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⳝ): i, l. 3; (ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝ): i, l. 6 priest (ⲥⲟⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍): i, l. 4 eparch of Nobadia (ⲉ̇ⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲟⲃⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): ii, l. 1 doug( )ikshil (ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲗ̄ ⲇⲟⲩ⸌ⲅ⸍): ii, l. 1 (P. QI 4 87: ‘ikshil of Douksi’) abba (ⲁⲃⲃⲁ): ii, l. 1 orthodox bishop of Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲟⲣ⸌ⲇ⸍ ⲉ̇ⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲉ̇ⲫⲓ̄ⲣ̄): i, l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Nobadia (ⲛⲟⲃⲁ⸌ⲇ⸍): ii, l. 1 Douksi (ⲇⲟⲩ⸌ⲅ⸍): ii, l. 1 Phrim (= Ibrim) (ⲉ̇ⲫⲓ̄ⲣ̄): i, l. 1