Textual Sources for the History of the Middle Nile Region Between the Eighth Century Bc and the Sixth Century Ad (Fontes historiae Nubiorum)

408 Pages·1996·21.235 MB·English

by  Tormod Eide

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TEXTUAL SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE
NILE REGION
BETWEEN THE EIGHTH CENTURY BC
AND THE SIXTH CENTURY AD
VOL. I
FROM THE MID-FIFTH TO THE FIRST CENTURY BC
Edited by
Tormod Eide, Tomas Hagg, Richard Holton Pierce
and Laszlo Torok
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TEXTUAL-SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE
NILE REGION
BETWEEN THE EIGHTH CENTURY BC
AND THE SIXTH CENTURY AD
VOL. II
FROM THE MID-FIFTH TO THE FIRST CENTURY BC
Edited by
Tormod Eide, Tomas Hagg, Richard Holton Pierce
and Laszlo Torok
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«CONTENTS.
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Introduction 355
A General Note to the Meroitic Texts 359
A Further Note to the Translations of the Egyptian Texts 362
Abbreviations 367
Periodicals and Series 367
Other Abbreviations 368
Bibliographical List 370
The Sources 393
(67) Talakhamani. Evidence for reign 393
68 The plague of 430 BC starts in Aithiopia. Ca. 430-400 BC. Thucydides 2.48
Biel
(69) Irike-Amanote. Titles 396
(70) Irike-Amanote. Evidence for reign. Regnal years 398
71 Inscription of Irike-Amannote from Years 1-2 (Kawa IX). Second half of
the 5th cent. BC 400
72 Donation text of Irike-Amannote (Kawa X). Second half of the 5th cent.
BC 428
io Donation text of Irike-Amannote from Year 19 (Kawa XI). Second half of
the 5th cent. BC 431
74 Donation text of Irike-Amannote from Year 25+X (Kawa XI). Second
half of the 5th cent. BC 432
(75) Baskakeren. Evidence for reign 435
(76) Harsiyotef. Titles 436
(77) Harsiyotef. Evidence for reign. Regnal years 437
78 Annals of Harsiyotef from Year 35. First half of the 4th cent. BC 438
(79) Akhratani. Titles. Evidence for reign 464
(80) Amanibakhi. Evidence for reign 465
81 Mortuary stela of Amanibakhi. Second half of the 4th cent. BC (?) 465
(82) Nastasen. Titles 467
(83) Nastasen. Evidence for reign 468
84 Stela of Nastasefi from Year 8. Second half of the 4th cent. BC 471
84a Nectanebos II's flight to Aithiopia. 4th cent. BC. Ephorus in Diodorus
Siculus 16.51.1 501
Fontes Historiae Nubiorum II
85 Alexander and Queen Candace. Hellenistic period. Ps.-Callisthenes,
Alexander Romance 3.18; 3.21.1-3; 3.22.2-5, 7-8 503
(86) Aktisanes. Titles. Evidence for reign 511
87 Temple building inscription of Aktisanes from Nuri. Ca. 300 BC 513
88 Aktisanes. Ca. 320-305 BC. Hecataeus of Abdera in Diodorus Siculus 1.60-
61.1 515
(89) Aryamani. Titles 521
(90) Aryamani. Evidence for reign. Regnal years 522
91 Donation stela of Aryamani, Years 3-9 (Kawa XIV). Early 3rd cent. BC 522
92 Fragments of a stela of Aryamani, Years 9-24 (?) (Kawa XV). Early 3rd
cent. BC 528
(93) Kash(...). Evidence for reign 532
(94) Irike-Piye-qo. Evidence for reign 533
(95) Sabrakamani. Titles. Evidence for reign 533
96 Inscription of Sabrakamani (Kawa XIII). First half of the 3rd cent. BC 534
97 An Aithiopian attack on Elephantine. Papyrus letter. 3rd cent. BC 536
98 Buhen, South Temple, Greek graffito. 4th-2nd cent. BC 538
99 Buhen, South Temple, Greek graffito. 3rd cent. BC 540
100 The earliest Hellenistic writers on Aithiopia. Ca. 300 BC and later. Pliny,
Naturalis historia 6.183 541
101 A piece of zoological lore. Ca. 300 BC. Dalion in Paradoxographus
Vaticanus 2 542
102 On the ethnography of Aithiopia and sub-Saharan Africa. Ca. 300 BC.
Dalion in Pliny, Naturalis historia 6.194-195 544
103 On the geography of Aithiopia. 3rd cent. BC. Aristocreon in Pliny,
Naturalis historia 5.59 546
104 On the geography of Aithiopia. 3rd cent. BC. Aristocreon in Pliny,
Naturalis historia 6.191-192 547
105 On the name Candace. 3rd cent. BC. Bion of Soloi in Schol. Act. Apost.
8.27 549
106 On the name Candace. 3rd cent. BC (?). Bion of Soloi (?) in Ps.-
Oecumenius, Commentary on Act. Apost. 12, ad 8.27 550
107 On Aithiopian kingship. 3rd cent. BC. Bion of Soloi in Athenaeus 13.20,
566c 551
108 Itineraries. 3rd cent. BC. Bion of Soloi in Pliny, Naturalis historia 6.177-
178, 180-181; 1915193 552
109 A description of Aithiopia. 3rd cent. BC. Eratosthenes in Strabo 17.1.2 557
110 On the reasons for the Nile flooding. 3rd cent. BC. Eratosthenes in Strabo
17.1.5°561
111 On the name Meroe. 3rd cent. BC. Eratosthenes in Strabo 17.1.5 563
350
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112 The Nubian nome list of Ptolemy II. Philae, Temple of Isis. After ca. 274
BC 564
(113) Arkamanigqo (Ergamenes I). Titles 566
(114) Arkamaniqo (Ergamenes I). Evidence for reign 566
(115) Amanislo. Titles. Evidence for reign 568
116 Earliest Greek source for the Blemmyes. First half of the 3rd cent. BC.
Theocritus 7.111-114 569
(117) Amanitekha. Titles. Evidence for reign 570
(118) King [...] Ssp-enh-n-Imn Stp.n-R«. Titles 571
(119) King [...] Ssp-enh-n-Imn Stp.n-R¢. Evidence for reign 572
120 Letter to Egyptian elephant hunters on the Red Sea coast. 224 BC 572
121 Payment of elephant hunters. 223 BC 575
122 The failure of Philopator’s elephants in the battle of Raphia. Ca. 150 BC.
Polybius 5.84.3-7 577
123 Mention of Blemmyes in 220/19 BC 579
(124) Arnekhamani. Titles 580
(125) Arnekhamani. Evidence for reign 581
126 Apedemak hymn from the Apedemak temple at Musawwarat es Sufra.
(7A 3 Oates« 72
127 Isis hymn from the Apedemak temple at Musawwarat es Sufra. Ca. 221
BC 585
(128) Argamani (Ergamenes II). Titles 586
(129) Argqamani (Ergamenes II). Evidence for reign 588
(130) Adikhalamani. Titles 590
(131) Adikhalamani. Evidence for reign 591
132 Fragment of a stela of Adikhalamani from Philae. Ca. 207/6-186 BC 592
133 An episode of the Upper Egyptian revolt. 187 BC (?) 596
134 Second Philae Decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The participation of
Meroites in the Upper Egyptian revolt. 185/4 BC 600
135 Sehel, Famine Stela. Incomes from the Dodecaschoenus. Early 2nd cent.
BC (?) 607
136 Mention of Blemmyes around 180 BC 612
137 The Nubian nome list of Ptolemy VI. Philae, Temple of Isis. Ca. 163-145
BC 614
138 Debod, building inscription of Ptolemy VI Philometor. Ca. 172-170 BC (?)
630
(139) King [...]mrf[...]t. Evidence for reign 631
140 Provisions requested from Nubia for Philae. 149/8 BC 631
141 Towns founded by Ptolemy VI in the Triacontaschoenus. Ca. 151-145 BC
635
351
Fontes Historiae Nubiorum II
142 Description of Aithiopia, 2nd cent. BC. Agatharchides in Diodorus
Siculus 3.2.1-7.3 638
143 On Aithiopian tribes. 2nd cent. BC. Agatharchides in Diodorus Siculus
3.8-10 650
144 Ptolemy II in Aithiopia. 2nd cent. BC. Agatharchides in Diodorus Siculus
1.37.5 655
145 Ptolemy II in Aithiopia. 2nd cent. BC. Agatharchides, On the Red Sea
1.20 656
146 The Nubian gold mines. 2nd cent. BC. Agatharchides in Diodorus
Siculus 3.12 657
147 On burial customs among the Trogodytes. 2nd cent. BC. Agatharchides in
Diodorus Siculus 3.33.2 659
(148) Queen Shanakdakheto. Son of Ré name 660
(149) Queen Shanakdakheto. Evidence for reign 661
(150) Tafiyidamani. Titles 662
(151) Taftyidamani. Evidence for reign 664
152 Meroitic stela of Tafiyidamani from the Amin temple at Gebel Barkal.
Late 2nd or early Ist cent. BC 665
153 Meroitic votive stela of Taftyidamani from the Apedemak temple at
Meroe City. Late 2nd or early 1st cent. BC 671
154 Mortuary inscription of Tsemerese from Faras. Late 2nd or early 1st cent.
bEG72
155 Mortuary inscription of Hllhror from Faras. Late 2nd or early 1st cent. BC
675
156 Egyptian forces stationed at Philae. 118-116 BC 676
157 Privileges granted to the temple of Chnum in Elephantine. 117-115 BC
678
158 On Aithiopian kingship. Late 1st cent. BC. Nicolaus of Damascus in
Stobaeus, Florilegium 4.2 683
(159) Nagyrjinsan|...]. Evidence for reign 685
(160) King Horus K3-nht[...]. Evidence for reign 686
(161) Aqrakamani. Evidence for reign 686
162 Dakka, inscription from the reign of King Aqrakamani. 29 or 25 BC (?)
687
163 Cornelius Gallus on his Nubian campaign: Latin. 29 BC 689
164 Cornelius Gallus on his Nubian campaign: Greek. 29 BC 694
165 Cornelius Gallus on his Nubian campaign: Hieroglyphic. 29 BC 696
166 Augustus’ war with Meroe. AD 14. Res Gestae Divi Augusti 26.21-22 700
167 Diodorus Siculus on his sources for Aithiopia. 1st cent. BC. Diodorus
Siculus 3.11.2-3 704
352