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'Epoque 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
| 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 Aswan
TBAKI PILAK The town of Philae
OSASO KATO The Lower Oasis
OSASO BAĒ PEMDJE Wahat, Bahnasa, Kharga
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)
