Text 2854

Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
not recorded
Excavation no.
78.2.8/49a–c (NI 37)
Present location
unknown
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: letter
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Content
letter from King Mouses Georgios to M---
Date
1100–1199
Notes
address in Greek
Material
paper
Object dimensions
H: 10; W: 36.5
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black (?)
Lines
i: 9; ii: 1
Height of letters
 
Description
fragment of rectangular sheet of paper, written on both sides along longer edges; document originally folded at least four times horizontally
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
fragmentary; one larger fragment put together from two parts, with small portion of right margin (on side i), plus three small pieces with portions of left margin
Date
1100–1199
Chronological systems
king's occurrence
Dating formulae
ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏ ⳤ ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍ ⲃⲗ̄ⲥ̄ ⲁⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲁ̣⸍ ⳤ ⲙⲁⲕⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲧ⸍
Transcription
"Moise Georgios, king of Aruades and Makuritai" (ii, l. 1)
Months
 
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Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
king of Aruades and Makurites (ⲃⲗ̄ⲥ̄ ⲁⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲁ̣⸍ ⳤ ⲙⲁⲕⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲧ⸍): ii, l. 1
Toponyms & ethnonyms
Aruades (ⲁⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲁ̣⸍): ii, l. 1
Makurites (ⲙⲁⲕⲣⲟⲩ⸌ⲧ⸍): ii, l. 1
Source
P. QI 4 113, fig. 57
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
P. QI 4 113, fig. 57
Other editions
 
Other publications
Ruffini 2012a, n. 21 on p. 96; Ruffini 2014a, p. 968; Ruffini 2014b, p. 224
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