Eng. 'ivory' < Fr. 'ivoire' < Latin 'ebur' < Meroitic */ambur/

I think the top one is almost certainly ⲑⲥ̄. And I suspect the partially smudged abbreviation below it is [ⲧ?]ⲩⲛ. But I'm not sure if τυν θεός makes sense here...

Painting of Queen Martha of Dotawo (Makuria) w/ Virgin Mary touching her shoulder while holding Jesus as a child / 11th C. AD

Analysis of Greek text accompanying the painting in the Old Nubian script below.

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Nubian-Coptic ostracan

Nubian Coptic

ⲁⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓ ⲃⲩⲛⲉ "date"
/apenti/

ⲉⲣⲡⲉⲕⲉ ⲏⲣⲡ "wine"
/erpeke/

ⲁⲥⲕⲟⲩ ⲡⲟⲉⲓⲕ "bread"
/asku/

ⲉ̄ⲧⲧⲱ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ "water"
/ettō/

* Database of Medieval Nubian Texts (DBMNT)

Text 1148
www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl/texts/1148/

#Nobiin words that are etymologically derived from #Greek

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ⲓⲇ ⳣⲉⲉ ⲧⲁⲫⲛⲟⲥⲕⲓⲕⲱ ⲓⲛ ⲅⲁⲁⲣⲕⲉⲙⲥⲟⲗⲁⲧⲱⲛ ⲓⲙⲙⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛ

ⳟⲓⲥⲥⲟⲩ ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ ⲛⲓⲛⳣⲉⲉⲗⲁⲧⲱⲛ

íd wèe tàfnóskíkṓ ìn gàarkémsólátṓn ímmùun

~ŋíssú ìsáak nìnwéelátṓn~

'A humble man is not of this world.'

~St. Isaac of Nineveh~

#Nobiin

Only Lepsius records a 3rd word in Nobiin for the conj, but he doesn't mark it as an Arabic loan like 'ammā; lākin'. It appears in the Nobiin translation of the Gospel of Mark (14:6):

"[Mādal] Iēsu baɲɲon: Arāha tannā mugōsan..."

"But Jesus said: “Leave her alone..."

ⲁⲓ̈ ⲟⲩⲕⲕⲁ ⲕⲟⲣⲉⲉⲛ ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥⲓⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲛⲓⲓⲧⲧⲁ ⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲇⲓⲕⲱ ⲫⲓⲣⲅⲓⲣ

ay ukka korēn k(h)ristosin unnītta gūrandikō firgir

I wish you a joyful Christmas!

#Nobiin #NubianLanguage #Christmas    #اللغة_النوبية #حلفا_محس_فاديجا

ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ/ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲙⲟⲛ,
ϣⲟⲅⲅⲓⲇⲕⳡ̄ⳡⲁ ⳟⲥ̄ⲥⲁ

Saint Panteleimon, Holy Unmercenary

agios/ŋissou panteleimon
saint, holy

šoŋgid-kiɲɲ-a
silver-(to be) without-predicate

ŋiss-a
holy-predicate

#OldNubian

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It was the Old Nubian term for 'eparch'. As for the meaning of the term itself, I'm not sure, but it's been argued that it has its origins in a Pre-Nubian substrate language.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#OldNubian
ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲛ ⲥ̄ⲕⲉⲗⲁⲇⳝⲣⲉⲥⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲕⲕⲁ ⲉⳟⳟⲁⲉ̄ⲅⲟⲩⲉ̄ⲕⲉ· ⲧⲟⲩⲁⲕⲕⲁⲛⲉ ⲙϣ̄ϣⲁⲛⲛⲟ ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲉⲣⲅⲓⲗⲗⲉ ⲟⲕⲕⲁⲛⲛⲁⲥⲟ·

‘Therefore I beg you, brothers, care for each other in all gentleness.’

Source: A Reference Grammar of Old Nubian, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

#Nobiin ⲕⲟⳡⲓⲅⲟⲩⳡⲓ (koɲiguɲi): 'face/medical mask'

ⲕⲟⳡ (koɲ): 'face' + ⲅⲟⲩⳡⲓ (guɲi): 'shield'
> ⲕⲟⳡⲓⲅⲟⲩⳡⲓ (koɲiguɲi): lit 'face-shield'

#OldNubian terms for 'shield': ⲅⲟⲩⲉⲓ (gouei) & ⲕⲁⲣ (kar). The latter survives in modern #Andaandi & #Matokki

‘And the one [sc. Adam] said to God:“The woman you gave to me, she deceived me.”And he spoke to Eve, and the latter said: “The serpent deceived me.”’

Screenshot from: "A Reference Grammar of Old Nubian" by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

#OldNubian

Note: #OldNubian /p/ regularly becomes /b/ in #Andaandi and #Matokki

Source: [P.QI 3 30.3–5; Old Nubian Texts from Qasr Ibrim]

"A Reference Grammar of Old Nubian" Vincent W.J. Gerven Oei

#Nobiin ŭ́ru, #OldNubian ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ (ourou): 'king'

Ultimately derived from #Meroitic
𐦳𐦣𐦫𐦡
> qore/qurə: 'ruler, sovereign'

Cf. #Nuer kuäär 'king, chief'

Pic: ⲙⲱⲩ̄ⲥⲏ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲱⲥⲓ ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Moses George, King of Dotawo (Makuria)