Ostr. Berlin P. 12243
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12243 |
| Publication Number |
ined. |
| Current Location |
magazine | ostraca depository |
| 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unpublished |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: |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
65 mm | 100 mm | 5 mm |
| Criteria for Dating |
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| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on all sides except for the upper, where the rim is almost intact. Undeterminable how much text is missing. |
| Comments on Object |
Broken on all except for the upper side, where the original rim of the vessel can be seen. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
two-sided |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Not a very neat handwriting, but seems to be from a practised hand. Large letters, without ligatures. Supelinear stroke and trema on I are used. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
The text, a letter, begins on the convex (outside) side of the ostracon and continues on the concave (inner) side. On the convex traces of an earlier text can be seen.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6+x |
5+x |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
100 |
x+100 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
55 |
55+x |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Justinus |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
On the outside (convex) the beginning of a letter from Justinus can be read, recipient is probably a Tsophia. On the inner side (concave) the verb "send" is written twice, and probably the word "oil". |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
The recipient of the letter is probably a woman called Tsophia. |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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2 | | ⲛϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲓⲛ|
3 | | ϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ |
4 | | ⲛ︦ⲛⲉϩ ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲩ|
5 | | ⲏⲩ
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1 | | Justinus is writing (...)|
2 | | Tsophia and (...)|
3 | | ...|
4 | | out, I have (received?...)
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1 | | (...)|
2 | | to send to me (...)|
3 | | send them (...)|
4 | | of oil which they (...)|
5 | | ...
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2475 |
man |
Justinus |
ⲓⲟⲩⲥⲧⲓⲛⲉ |
Coptic |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100083 |
| 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 100083 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12243), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
