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Qasr Ibrim (Primis)
Qasr Ibrim (now an island in Lake Nasser), Egypt · Africa: Nubia
22.650, 31.993
Attested. Attested by excavation and documents.
This fortified hilltop in Lower Nubia had a cathedral and later became the main residence of the bishops of Faras. Its dry conditions preserved documents and books in Old Nubian, Coptic, Greek and Arabic, including the 14th-century consecration scrolls of Bishop Timotheos. It is one of the richest manuscript sites of Christian Nubia.
Source stance: neutral. Archaeology and documents.
People and groups named here
- Bishop Timotheos (14th century)
Sources
- Qasr Ibrim (Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia)
The Coptic Encyclopedia, CE:2036b-2038a (via Calisphere); The Coptic Encyclopedia (Macmillan 1991), Claremont Colleges Digital Library. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Nubian Christian Architecture (Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia)
Peter Grossmann; The Coptic Encyclopedia (Macmillan 1991), Claremont Colleges Digital Library. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 795845: Premis
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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