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Fontes Historiae Nubiorum II
(26)ahrrb„ tketore te (27)li ahrrb„ amod te li (28)tereki„ tkbhe lo„
qetede (29)11„yedeykete lo„
Comments
155 is dated to the late 2nd or early lst century BC on the basis of its paleography
and its use of the early form of the filiation words (dhe and erike, cf. 154, Comments).
That it is later than 154 is indicated by the more complete structure (for
the types cf. 154, Comments) which now also includes, following the Invocation
and the Nomination, a Description with a list of H11hror's own titles and
the titles of his relatives. The Benediction is followed in an unusual manner by
what seem to be epithets and a complex consisting of toponyms.
2-4. Hllhror was son of Arostekl and E[..]eqethe.
4-13. HIlhror's titles include smt-lh, "great smt" (for lh see Griffith 1911, 10, 23,
96), qoreii-lh, "great qoref1"; qorefi is an office the name of which was formed
from the title qore, ruler (cf. Hofmann 1981, 62; Török 1979, 42 ff.), ant Mnp
Bedewi-te-li-se, "prophet of Amiln of Luxor in Meroe (City)", pesto Akifi-te, "pesto
of /in Lower Nubia" (cf. 154, Comments), wyekite Amod-te, "wyekite in Amod/
Qustul" (for Meroitic Amod, Analeu in the Bion itinerary, see 108, Table A and
Comments). The list seems to contain offices held at the same time rather than
occupied sequentially and listed as a cursus honorum.
19-22. Benediction, cf. Hofmann 1981, 195 f..
24-25. These lines appear to say that Hllhror was m/o, "good" (Griffith 1911, 41
note 1), with the qor(e), "ruler", mk, "deity", and s-lh, "great person" (cf. Priese
1971, 285; Hofmann 1981, 69, 93 f.
26-28. Tketore.Aggeteri S of Sedeinga, cf. Citora in 108, and see Török 1988, 210
f.; Amod.Qustul (see above, notes on lines 4-13). For an analysis of this verbal
complex see Hintze 1979, 56; Hofmann 1981, 246 ff.
156 Egyptian forces stationed at Philae. 118- 116 BC.
SB I 3448. SEG VIII 788. I. Philae I 20.
Source bibliography
A. Bernand 1969 A. Bernand: Les inscriptions grecques de Philae. Vol. 1.
Epoque ptolmaïque. Paris. [.I. Philae I.]
Introduction to source
This text was inscribed on an altar which was found built into a wall in the
temple of Isis at Philae. The block is 46 cm high and 68 cm wide, and the letters
676