Ostr. Berlin P. 12256
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12256 |
| Publication Number |
ined. |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
1963 available; 2014 available |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
98 mm | 59 mm | 6 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on all sides. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
two-sided |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Unknown amount of text is missing due to the fragmentary nature of the piece. The ink is rather faded/rubbed off, reading is not easy. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Both sides were written by the same hand. A (half-)cursive document hand, with cursive Eta, and ligatures. Superlinear stroke is used. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
7 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
59 |
x+59+y |
| Column Height (in mm) |
98 |
x+98+y |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
Too little text, but possibly a letter; the money holokottinos (ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,) is probably mentioned in line 5, concave side. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ⲧⲙ|
2 | | ⲑⲉ ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲩ|
3 | | ⲙⲁ ⲛ︦ⲧⲉⲣⲱ|
4 | | ⲧⲛ︦ϯⲙ|
5 | | ⲁⲛ ϯϩⲱⲧ|
6 | | ⲉⲥⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲕⲱ|
7 | | ⲁϣⲟⲩⲧ|
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1 | | ⲟⲟⲩⲑ|
2 | | ⲁϥϣⲁⲛϯ|
3 | | ϩⲏ ϯⲙⲧⲟⲛ|
4 | | ⲗⲕⲏⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ|
5 | | ϣⲉ ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,|
6 | | ⲡⲉⲧⲛ︦ⲉⲓⲱⲧ|
7 | | ⲣ
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1 | | (...) ? (...)|
2 | | (...) if he gives (...)|
3 | | (...) give rest (...)|
4 | | (...) finish (...)|
5 | | (...) hundred solidi (...)|
6 | | (...) your (pl.) father (...)|
7 | | (...) ...?...(...)
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100081 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100081 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12256), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
