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Ostr. Berlin P. 12263

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 12263
Current Location magazine
Comments on Inventory registered as existing during revision (1963)
Publication Permission Status permission for publication assigned

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
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution partage
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1907 and 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) (not relevant)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Color pottery, red
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) 84 mm | 73 mm | 4 mm
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation The upper left corner is broken off.
Mounting (non [ostracon])

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) In the upper section all line endings are lost
Script, Primary Late Demotic
Language, Primary Roman Demotic
Comments on Text Layout The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 0
Column Height (in mm) 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title list of slaves connected with payment
Ancient Archives Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | list
Summary of Content List of slaves, mainly female connected with payment.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text Hand copy of one line in the inventory book.
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender - Activity of woman: beneficiary / deliverer of payment - Identifier of woman: none

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Tꜣ-šr.t-n-Hy
2Tꜣ-šr.t-n-Pꜣ-
3Pꜣ-šr-n-pꜣ-ḥ.t(?)
4Ns-mt(r) 1For this short form see E. Lüddeckens et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, Wiesbaden 1980-2000, 664 – 666 nos. 46, 48, 53 – 60. The second part mt was written wit the Demotic numeral “10”, Coptic Ⲙⲏⲧ. pꜣ ꜥꜣ sꜣ Pa-H̱nm sꜣ ꜥrꜥ
5Krḏ pꜣ sn n Ḥr-m-ḥb
6Tꜣ-šr.t-ta-Tꜣ-šr.t-n-Pꜣ-šr-Hry=w ḥḏ dbn 2For the Roman form of ḥḏ cf. also Wångstedt, in OrSu 31-32 (1982-83), 25 Kat. XV. 5
7Pꜣ-šr-n-Pa-H̱nm (sꜣ) Prgtrw 3This should be a Greek male name whose interpretation is unclear. Thus a name was not mentioned in E. Lüddeckens et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, Wiesbaden 1980-2000. ḥḏ dbn 4For the Roman form of ḥḏ cf. also Wångstedt, in OrSu 31-32 (1982-83), 25 Kat. XV. 5
8Rnp.t-nfr.t sꜣ ꜣgn 5Thus a name was not mentioned in E. Lüddeckens et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, Wiesbaden 1980-2000, but presumably this is a Demotic variant of the (rarely attested) name Ἀγενις / Agenis (Trismegistos name id 1776). Cf. also the late Ptolemaic name ꜥgn (KAPLONY-HECKEL, URSULA, 1963. Die demotischen Tempeleide. Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 6, Wiesbaden, no. 125:2). ḥḏ dbn 6For the Roman form of ḥḏ cf. also Wångstedt, in OrSu 31-32 (1982-83), 25 Kat. XV. 5
9 7This line is entirely enigmatic. One would normally expect a total in the form like r qd 5 “yields 5 kite” or something similar. The first three lines may be read as r sttr 1.t, but this is definitely much too less as being the total of the above listed payments. The last two signs remain without any explanation. For comments on this part I am indebted to the participiants of the Demotic Summer School 2018 in Munich.

1 For this short form see E. Lüddeckens et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, Wiesbaden 1980-2000, 664 – 666 nos. 46, 48, 53 – 60. The second part mt was written wit the Demotic numeral “10”, Coptic Ⲙⲏⲧ.
2 For the Roman form of ḥḏ cf. also Wångstedt, in OrSu 31-32 (1982-83), 25 Kat. XV.
3 This should be a Greek male name whose interpretation is unclear. Thus a name was not mentioned in E. Lüddeckens et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, Wiesbaden 1980-2000.
4 For the Roman form of ḥḏ cf. also Wångstedt, in OrSu 31-32 (1982-83), 25 Kat. XV.
5 Thus a name was not mentioned in E. Lüddeckens et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, Wiesbaden 1980-2000, but presumably this is a Demotic variant of the (rarely attested) name Ἀγενις / Agenis (Trismegistos name id 1776). Cf. also the late Ptolemaic name ꜥgn (KAPLONY-HECKEL, URSULA, 1963. Die demotischen Tempeleide. Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 6, Wiesbaden, no. 125:2).
6 For the Roman form of ḥḏ cf. also Wångstedt, in OrSu 31-32 (1982-83), 25 Kat. XV.
7 This line is entirely enigmatic. One would normally expect a total in the form like r qd 5 “yields 5 kite” or something similar. The first three lines may be read as r sttr 1.t, but this is definitely much too less as being the total of the above listed payments. The last two signs remain without any explanation. For comments on this part I am indebted to the participiants of the Demotic Summer School 2018 in Munich.
1Senhy⸢..?..⸣[///]: [///].
2Senp⸢..?..⸣[///]: [///].
3Psenpa-het(?): [///].
4Espmetis Senior, son of Pachnoumis, son of Ara: [///].
5Kolluthes, the brother of Harmais: [_] [///]
6Tsentasenpsenerieus: 5 silver deben.
7Psenpachnoumis, son of Pergetrous: 5 silver deben.
8Rempnophris, son of Agenis: 5 silver deben.
9..?..
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
22955 man Espmetis Senior, son of Pachnoumis, son of Ara Ns-pꜣ-mt(r) pꜣ ꜥꜣ sꜣ Pa-H̱nm sꜣ ꜥrꜥ pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Roman Period -30 BCE 211 CE ;

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 100103
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Jan Moje
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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Data set citation Data set 100103 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12263), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.