Identity area
Reference code
Griffith MSS 14.5
Title
Enclosures with letter from Murray [Griffith MSS 14.4]
Date(s)
- 29 June 1909 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Four pages in envelope containing Griffith MSS 14.1-20
Context area
Name of creator
(1862-1934)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Enclosures with letter Griffith MSS 14.4:
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"Feyadika" [Mahas] Nubian love song: "Alla Dessi Barama". Translation and notes.
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Arabic story in Kenzi Nubian: "The Abyssinian Slave". Translation and notes.
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Three songs in Kenzi Nubian. Translations:
- A father thinking of his dead daughter.
- Insulting song by one woman to another.
- A woman preparing food for her husband's return, has it stolen.
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List of some 18 words in Kenzi and Mahas Nubian. Glosses. List of Nubian proper names: 37 for men and 11 for women.