Ostr. Berlin P. 12257
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12257 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
60 mm | 103 mm | 6 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on all sides except for the upper, where the rim is almost intact. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
two-sided |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Unknown amount of text missing, very little is presevred, due to the fragmentary nature of the piece. On the inside (concave) only the ends of lines with some letters remain. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Document hand with cursive tendencies and ligatures. On the inside (concave) a much thinner and less orderly writing, probably a different hand. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
5 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
103 |
x+35 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
36 |
40 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
...for one xestes, one carat worth of oil... |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Comments on Text |
Maybe an account? |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language |
Text
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100082 |
| 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 100082 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12257), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
