The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia

Obłuski, Artur

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“…Even though the Kulubnarti cemeteries boast an earlier mean radiocarbon date than the monastic occupation at 21‐S‐10, they are not very divergent from the earliest reported date for the monastery (800 AD; Obłuski, 2019) and with standard deviations may overlap. Couple this with the adoption of practices during the Christian period not happening simultaneously across Nubia, and indirect dating of the monastery by architectural consistencies with other Christian period settlements, means the establishment of the monastery at Kulubnarti has the possibility of being a little earlier (or later) and that the R and S cemeteries could be contemporary (or not) to it.…”

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“…According to Crislip (2005), laura monastic care for laypersons was not ‘professional medical care’ (p. 18) and included cooking for the ill, maintaining hygiene, making the patient comfortable and hospitality. Monks helped people in need, including children, elderly and the poor (Obłuski, 2019), and nuns served widows and orphans (Johnson, 2009), so it is expected that people who needed monastic care would be present in larger numbers at Kulubnarti and represented in the S cemetery (see the Supporting Information).…”

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“…Alternatively, Adams (2011, p. 119) suggests that the nearby church at 21‐S‐49 was built by and for the monastery at 21‐S‐10. Obłuski (2019) recently revisited Anderson's (1999) interpretation of 21‐S‐10 as a laura, finding her explanation to be likely. The earlier dating of the R cemetery affects the monastic interpretation.…”

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A re‐evaluation of Kulubnarti: A synthesis of the osteoarchaeological evidence

Godde

2020

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The medieval Nubian cemeteries at Kulubnarti (R and S) have greatly impacted bioarchaeological knowledge. Recent dating of the cemeteries showed they are contemporaries, contrary to prior conclusions that the R cemetery was later in date. Four lines of evidence used to argue for socio‐economic status (SES) differences between the cemeteries in the literature are evaluated: (1 and 2) architecture of houses/churches, (3) age‐at‐death distributions and pathology prevalence, and (4) distribution/frequency of textile types. It is hypothesized that the S cemetery is probably a special use cemetery for subadults and/or there was a monastic presence at the site. First, the original monographs and articles were synthesized to describe the characteristics of Kulubnarti. Second, to verify that genetic differences from social isolation due SES disparities were not operating at Kulubnarti, cranial metrics and nonmetrics from the Kulubnarti cemeteries and other samples from medieval Lower Nubia (Semna South, el‐Hesa) were separately input into Mahalanobis D2 variations, principal coordinates analyses and Procrustes analyses to produce and plot biodistances. Space and time differences were also tested via Mantel tests. Third and fourth, age‐at‐death distributions from the Kulubnarti cemeteries were modelled with a binomial logistic regression, as were textile‐type distributions/frequencies. The literature demonstrates that the cemeteries and the settlements/churches attributed to them did not overlap in time. The biodistance plots show that there are only small differences between the Kulubnarti cemeteries, which are not suggestive of genetic differences due to social isolation from SES disparities. The age‐at‐death logistic regression indicates a more than sixfold increase in the odds of infants being interred in the S cemetery, as compared with adult females, and a nearly threefold increase of other subadults. Further, there were no significant differences in textile‐type distributions/frequencies between the cemeteries. Alternative models explaining who was buried in the S cemetery are better supported than differences in SES.

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A re‐evaluation of Kulubnarti: A synthesis of the osteoarchaeological evidence

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2020

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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“…Monastic communities of the coenobitic type were characterized by communal living (Obłuski, 2019;Wipszycka, 2018), attested to at…”

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“…Monastic communities of the coenobitic type were characterized by communal living (Obłuski, 2019; Wipszycka, 2018), attested to at Ghazali by the remains of a complex of dormitories housing from 18 to 36 monks at once (Obłuski & Korzeniowska, 2018), which would enable the group to share the responsibility of caring for an injured individual. Furthermore, although monks were obliged to perform a range of various duties, such as food production and preparation, leatherworking, bookbinding and basketwork, all of the tasks were apparently performed on rotation (Wipszycka, 2011), allowing for relatively easy replacement of indisposed individuals.…”

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Proximal femur fractures among a medieval Christian population of northern Sudan: prevalence and aetiology

Ciesielska

Stark

2020

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Monasticism, Nile Valley

Wipszycka‐Bravo

Obłuski

2021

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History

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The following entry offers an overview of the monastic movement in the Nile Valley. It examines Egypt, the cradle of monasticism, and Nubia, a territory considered peripheral to the Christian world despite being Egypt's neighbor. It offers a synopsis of the historical development of monasteries in Egypt as well as general information on their organization. Nubian monasticism is more obscure since the sources, particularly written, are scarce. Nevertheless, the entry contains information about various types of monasticism and ascetic life that existed in the Middle Nile Valley with focus on cenobia, and their spatial and social organization.

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The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia

Cited by 14 publications

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A re‐evaluation of Kulubnarti: A synthesis of the osteoarchaeological evidence

A re‐evaluation of Kulubnarti: A synthesis of the osteoarchaeological evidence

Proximal femur fractures among a medieval Christian population of northern Sudan: prevalence and aetiology

Monasticism, Nile Valley

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