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I. African Studies / Африканистика 36 Proceedings of the International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa.Vol. I. 2020 The history of the toponym ‘Adéy fáar’may now be traced as follows: The ancient Egyptian ‘ Ḥwt T y ’ ‘the Mansion of [Queen] Teye’ was declared by the reigning Pharaoh Amenophis III to be the name of the temple in Nubia. Now, 33 centuries later ‘ Ḥwt Ty ’ still appears as ‘Adéy’ in the Nubian phrase ‘Adéy fáar’ where the Nubian word ‘fáar’ (ruined) indicates that it has now become accepted and domesticated as a Nubian place name. Accurate Recording Sabbar was particularly concerned with accuracy in writing Nubian words and top- onyms. Even after his death, he managed to correct me. I was responsible for a toponymic spelling on the inside back cover of his recent posthumous book. 1 There, I had allowed the Nubian name of the mountain to be rendered as ‘Sahaabáan Muulée’. Influenced by the promi- nent high tone of á , I had given that vowel the prominence of length áa . However, it was not to be. Several days after the publication of the e-book and the paperback, I found a manuscript list without tone marking by Sabbar. It showed the hamlets around his childhood village of Ishkeed ( Orientalia : 2 Achkeit). One of themwas ‘Saha:ban tawwo’meaning ‘Below Sahaaba’. This informed me that the final vowel was short (a), not long (a:). There- fore, ‘Sahaabáan Muulée’ in his book needs to be replaced with ‘Sahaabán Muulée’. A long vowel in utterance final position is normally shortened, for example, con- sider Dibéeree, which is the settlement just north of Ishkéed. Dibéeree with a final long vowel becomes Dibéere with a final short vowel at the end of an utterance. On the other hand, certain toponyms like Toshké have a final vowel that is always short. 3 The Kenzi Nubian area further north has been particularly well served by the procedures of Junker and Schäfer who recorded toponyms and relevant ethnic 1 Sabbar A. The Toponymy of an Endangered Nubian Language (on page 67 of the electronic version and the inside cover facing p. 66 of the paperback version). 2 Orientalia . URL: http://www.egyptologues.net/orientalia/home (accessed 3 September 2018). 3 Sabbar A. The Toponymy of an Endangered Nubian Language. P. 59, item 57. A remarkable head of Queen Teye herself, mother of Akhenaten, may be visited in the Neues Museum in Berlin