Qasr Ibrim manuscripts

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The Qasr Ibrim manuscripts are a significant collection of medieval texts discovered at the fortress of Qasr Ibrim in Nubia, providing crucial evidence for the history, language, and Christian culture of the region.

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Qasr Ibrim manuscripts canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological find ⓘ
manuscript collection ⓘ
associatedWith Christian Nubia ⓘ
linked to: Makuria

Kingdom of Makuria ⓘ
Nubian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Nubian Church
contains administrative records ⓘ
biblical texts ⓘ
economic documents ⓘ
hagiographical texts ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
discoveredBy archaeologists of the Egypt Exploration Society ⓘ
earliestDate circa 6th century ⓘ
excavationStart 1911 ⓘ
foundIn Qasr Ibrim fortress ⓘ
linked to: Qasr Ibrim
genre medieval texts ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Coptic ⓘ
Ethiopic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Old Nubian ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
latestDate circa 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn Nubia ⓘ
Qasr Ibrim ⓘ
majorExcavations 1960s ⓘ
partlyHeldBy British Library ⓘ
British Museum ⓘ
Egyptian Museum in Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Museum
region Lower Nubia ⓘ
relatedTo Nubian manuscripts ⓘ
Old Nubian language ⓘ
linked to: Old Nubian
significance evidence for Nubian languages ⓘ
evidence for administration in medieval Nubia ⓘ
evidence for history of Christian Nubia ⓘ
evidence for liturgy and church practice in Nubia ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
writingMaterial ostraca ⓘ
paper ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Coptic script ⓘ
Greek script ⓘ
Old Nubian script ⓘ

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Old Nubian → notableCorpus → Qasr Ibrim manuscripts ⓘ