Qasr Ibrim (Arabic: قصر ابريم; Meroitic: Pedeme; Old Nubian: Silimi; Coptic: ⲡⲣⲓⲙ Prim; Latin: Primis) is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia, located in the modern country of Egypt. The site has a long history of occupation, ranging from as early as the eighth century BC to AD 1813, and was an economic, political, and religious center.[1] Originally it was a major city perched on a cliff above the Nile, but the flooding of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Aswan High Dam – with the related International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia – transformed it into an island and flooded its outskirts. Qasr Ibrim is the only major archaeological site in Lower Nubia to have survived the Aswan Dam floods.[2][3] Both prior to and after the floods, it has remained a major site for archaeological investigations.
^Van Der Vliet, J.; Hagen, J.L. (2013). Qasr Ibrim, Between Egypt and Africa: Studies in Cultural Exchange. Leiden, Nederland: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. p. 65.
^A.J. Clapham; P.A. Rowley-Conwy (2007). "New Discoveries at Qasr Ibrim". In R.T.J. Cappers (ed.). Fields of Change: Progress in African Archaeobotany. Groningen archaeological studies. David Brown Book Company. p. 157. ISBN 978-90-77922-30-9. Retrieved 2022-11-05. ... Qasr Ibrim is the only in situ site left in Lower Nubia since the flooding of the Nile valley
^Ruffini, G.R. (2012). Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-999620-9. Retrieved 2022-11-05. Qasr Ibrim is critically important in a number of ways. It is the only site in Lower Nubia that remained above water after the completion of the Aswan high dam.
QasrIbrim (Arabic: قصر ابريم; Meroitic: Pedeme; Old Nubian: Silimi; Coptic: ⲡⲣⲓⲙ Prim; Latin: Primis) is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia, located...
the intention of attacking QasrIbrim. Alerted to the advance, Petronius again marched south and managed to reach QasrIbrim and bolster its defences before...
attacking QasrIbrim.: 149 Alerted to the advance, Gaius Petronius, prefect of Roman Egypt, again marched south and managed to reach QasrIbrim and bolster...
are of little use to historians. The largest known collection, found at QasrIbrim, does contain some valuable governmental records. The construction of...
military settlements at the Semna and Buhen forts and the fortified site of QasrIbrim. Imperial ambitions of the Assyrian Empire as well as the growing influence...
bishop. He was the titular bishop of Faras (Pachoras) with his seat in QasrIbrim (Phrim) from 1372. Timothy was a hegoumenos (leader of a monastic community)...
has been confirmed to be practised in Nobadia by an unearthed shrine in QasrIbrim. This cult was practised during Meroitic times as well. As confirmed by...
Old Nubian Texts from QasrIbrim I (with J. M. Plumley), London, UK. Browne, Gerald M., (1989) Old Nubian Texts from QasrIbrim II. London, UK. Browne...
as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia; QasrIbrim is the only major archaeological site which was neither relocated nor...
kings, Basil and Paul, are mentioned in 12th century Arabic letters from QasrIbrim. There is evidence that at certain periods there were close relations...
cancelled the tribute earlier demanded by Rome. Premmis (QasrIbrim), and areas north of QasrIbrim in the southern portion of the "Thirty-Mile Strip" were...
financial assistance The list of relocated monuments is as follows: QasrIbrim (1840s) QasrIbrim today Ruins of Bigeh (1840s) Bigeh ruins today One scheme to...
Its seat was originally at Faras (Pakhoras). Later, its bishops sat at QasrIbrim. Despite Faras's submersion following the building of the Aswan High Dam...
archaeologist William Y. Adams argued that the remains of a shrine at QasrIbrim in the Meroitic Kingdom, outside the Roman Empire but near the frontier...
few pages of Cornelius Gallus, a thousand for each!' The discoveries at QasrIbrim have now given us nine lines of Gallus. Coincidentally, one of them mentions...
in 1276, and installing Shakanda as king. This brought the fortress of QasrIbrim under Mamluk jurisdiction. The conquest of Nubia was not permanent and...
the Nubians, Saladin sent his brother Turan-Shah. The latter conquered QasrIbrim in January 1173, reportedly sacking it, taking many prisoners, pillaging...
ancient Egyptian rock-cut temple originally located near the site of QasrIbrim. It was built during the 18th Dynasty by the Pharaoh Thutmosis III. The...
Old Nubian documents found at QasrIbrim in the 1960s pose considerable problems for this view. The texts from QasrIbrim show the Eparch of Nobatia (northern...
Nubian Bible were subsequently found in the ruins of the cathedral of QasrIbrim. These include passages from John, Philippians, Hebrews, 1 Corinthians...
Phonen was king of Blemmyes, known from a letter which was found in QasrIbrim, Lower Nubia, in 1976. The papyrus letter comes perhaps from some royal...
with intention of attacking QasrIbrim. Alerted to the advance, Petronius again marched south and managed to reach QasrIbrim and bolster its defences before...
sites in Fayum (40–250 AD) Bronze lamp and patera from the X-group tombs, QasrIbrim (1st–6th centuries AD) Coptic wall painting of the martyrdom of saints...
known from Gebel Adda and QasrIbrim. In 1155 a bishop of Selim and a king of Dotawo are mentioned in a text by QasrIbrim. A letter from Gebel Adda dated...
the successor of Silko. Aburni is known from a letter that was found at QasrIbrim. The letter was written in bad Greek directed by the king of the Blemmyes...
Yesebokheamani's rule in the Dodecaschoenus. A monumental lion statue was erected at QasrIbrim in his honour. It bears an inscription in hieroglyphic Meroitic describing...
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