Coptic Scalae 12th-14th Century
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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 |
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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, Récueil 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)