house 763, room 8, west end, floor level 3–4 (Israel's Archive)
Excavation no.
82.2.10/69
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
letter from Enakissil, mother of eparch, to Israel, eparch of Nobadia and domestikos of Pachoras
Date
1000–1399
Notes
address in Greek
Material
paper
Object dimensions
not recorded
Text dimensions
Object colour
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
i: 17; ii: 1
Height of letters
Description
rectangular sheet of paper, written on one side along shorter edges; address on side ii written upside down in respect to text on side i
Decorative elements
State of preservation
incomplete; bottom part lost
Date
1000–1399
Chronological systems
Dating formulae
Transcription
Months
Weakdays
Feasts
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Offices & titles
tot (ⲧⲟⲧ): i, l. 4 king (ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ): i, l. 13 ngeshsh of Istigi (ⲉⲓⲥⲧⲓⲅⲛ̄ ⳟⲉϣϣ): i, l. 14 eparch of Nobadia (ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍ ⲛⲟ⸌ⲃ⸍): ii, l. 1 domestikos of Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲇⲱ⸌ⲙ⸍ ⲁⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 1 eparch (ⲉⲡⲁⲣ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Istigi (ⲉⲓⲥⲧⲓⲅⲛ̄): i, l. 14 Nobadia (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲃ⸍): ii, l. 1 Pachoras (= Faras) (ⲁⲡⲁ⸌ⲭ⸍): ii, l. 1