Coptic Scalae 12th-14th Century
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[pp. 321-323]
COPTIC SCALAE
(12th-14th centuries)
1.) The following names of episcopal seats are mentioned in various MSS containing lists of place-names in Coptic and the Arabic equivalent.
Cf.: Amélineau, Géographie d'Egypte à l'Époque Copte, 1893, pp. 566-568.
T.: MC 1054-1062 C+A
| Coptic | Arabic |
|---|---|
| PKAĒ NNJOSH | ARḌ AN-NAJĀSHĪ |
| TNOBATIA | AN-NŪBA |
| SUWAN | ASWĀN |
| PELAK | AL-JANĀDIL |
| SENON | ASWĀN |
| ΤΑΝΤĒΥΚΕ | ARḌ AT-TĀKA |
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| Coptic | Arabic |
|---|---|
| ΤΑ NOYBATIA | AN-NŪBA |
| TLIBE | AN-NŪBA |
| PKAĒ NEDJOOSH | ARḌ AL-ḤABASHA |
| PILAK | BĪLĀQ |
| TLYBĒ | AN-NŪBA |
| LIBĒ | AN-NŪBA
(Br.Mus. 441) |
| PILAK | BĪLĀQ
(Br.Mus. 441) |
| NIETAUSH | AL-ḤABASHA
(Br.Mus. 441) |
| LIBĒ | AN-NŪBA |
| PILAK | ASWĀN |
| PILAK | BĪLĀQ |
| SOΑΝ | ASWĀN |
| TLYBĒ | AN-NŪBA |
2. ) The following episcopal seats are mentioned in the Synodical Letters:
| TBAKI SOYAN | The town of Aswān |
| TBAKI PILAK | The town of Philae |
| OSASO KATO | The Lower Oasis |
| OSASO BAĒ PEMDJE | Wāḥāt, Bahnasā, Khārga |
| KHURIGKHOY | Oasis |
3. ) The following is the name of a church:
| APA BOKTOR NIETAOYSH | Apa Boktor of the Blacks
(A. Boktor of al-Ḥabasha) |
4. ) the following are place-names from other documents:
| dated 1173 | (IB)RIM | (Cf. Bouriant, Recueil de Travaux ... Philologie Egypte et Assyrie VII, 1886, p. 218) |
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| undated | NTHOOPE | London, Brit.Mus. MS 449 |
| " | TALMEOS | London, Brit.Mus. MS 452 |
| " | PI KATARAKTES | Acta, CSCO III, i, Paris 1907 |
| " | PILAK | " |
| " | NIETAOYSH | " |
| " | TLYBĒ | " |
(MC 1054-1062)
