Medieval Nubia : a social and economic history /
Ruffini, Giovanni,1974-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.
Introduction: Qasr Ibrim and Christian Nubia -- Qasr Ibrim's land sales -- Mashshouda and Archive 3 -- The historiography of Nubian land tenure -- Nubian land sales as a legal genre -- Nubian land sales as ceremony -- Nubia's legal tradition -- Money, rent, taxes and investment -- Qasr Ibrim's other archives -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The chronology of Archive 3.
Land tenure