Ostr. Berlin P. 8763

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 8763
Publication Number	TAD D.7.26
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Egypt (مصر) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty:
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	purchase
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1897 and 1897
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty:

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	2	6
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive. Re Sending Items
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Letter to a woman who has control of the distribution of goods.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Gender	Woman
Comment on Gender	Addressed to a woman.

Text

Transcription

Translation

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TAD (variants)

	1. [?] אנתי אמרה וינתנו שקא
	2. [...]⸢מר⸣ לה אפ הנ }◦{ תאמרנ למ
	3. [...]◦ על פכ⸢ר⸣ס משחק
	4. [...]◦ זי למחסיה
	5. [...]⸢ש⸣{ו\|פ} הושרי
	6. [...]{ש\|◦\|מ}י
	7. [...]ח{ד\|ר\|נ} ח{ו\|פ}{ד\|ר}⸢מ⸣
	8. [...]◦ה{מ\|נ} 𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘

1	אנתי אמרה וינתנו שקא
2	לה אפ הנתתאמרנ למ ¹Both ת’s are clear in the color photograph. Grammatically the word is problematic. Either delete one ת and read following TAD or understand as a fem. subjunctive in which case מלה (unwritten) may be the subject.
3	פכרס משחק
4	למחסיה
5	ינ הושרי
6	זי

¹ Both ת’s are clear in the color photograph. Grammatically the word is problematic. Either delete one ת and read following TAD or understand as a fem. subjunctive in which case מלה (unwritten) may be the subject.

1	ח ד ר ח
2
3

1	(When) you (f) say, they shall give the sack
2	[...]... to her/him/it. Surely if it should be said, saying:
3	[...]... Pkrs is disturbing ¹cf. Syr. √ܫܚܩ pael.
4	[...]... to Mahseiah
5	[...] X (pl. m.) send (f.)
6	[...] which[...]

¹ cf. Syr. √ܫܚܩ pael.

1	[...]...
2	[...]...
3	[...]...

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
37375	man	Maḥseiah	מחסיה	Aramaic, Imperial

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-499 BCE -475 BCE	;

Pictures

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Literature

Porten, Bezalel & Yardeni, Ada, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, 4: Ostraca & assorted inscriptions. (D.7.26)

DatasetID	100085
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	James D. Moore; Verena Lepper
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100085 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 8763), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore; Verena Lepper.