Ostr. Berlin P. 12265

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12265
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)	108 mm \| 111 mm \| 5 mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The lower right 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)	Line endings in the lower section of col. 2 lost.
Script, Primary	Late Demotic
Language, Primary	Roman Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Unsteady line pitch. The right-aligned text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with broad margins on top and on the right side. All lines are slightly vaulted and adapted to the outline shape of the potsherd.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	11+11	0
Quantity of Columns	2	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	72	0
Column Height (in mm)	80	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	72 x 80	0

Text Content

Modern Title	list of persons delivered or received caster oil seeds or money
Ancient Archives	administrative archive of unclear context
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Text Types	documentary \| list
Summary of Content	List of persons who have received or delivered castor oil seeds or money. The same sequence of persons is repeated.
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

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜣs.t-r-ḥꜣ.t ¹This seems to be a short form for ꜣs.t-ḥꜣt. pꜣ-mšꜥ „Isis in front o the army”, a local form of Isis attested in Aswan: LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 293. [_] tgm \| ²Probqnly r-bnr r. This phrase, also present here in line 6 and on Ostr. Oxf. Ashm 797 and Ostr.BM EA 12090, remains unclear. 1.t
2	Tꜣ-šr.t-n-Wsı͗r(?) tgm rtb 6
3	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mt(r) ³For this short form see Lüddeckens, Demotisches Namenbuch (1979-2000), 664 – 666 nos. 46, 48, 53 – 60. The second part mt was written wit the Demotic numeral “10”, Coptic Ⲙⲏⲧ. sꜣ Pꜣ-šr-Mn [_] rtb 2 mḏ(ꜣ.t) 6 ⁴The numeral behind mḏꜣ.t is unusual in the previous interpretation that mḏꜣ.t is only a measure for wheat (= 1/12 artabas). Nur el-Din, O. Leiden dem, cat. 158 published a similar form. He suggested, that a part of the wheat was measured in mḏꜣ.t, another part of the wheat in another measure. See also Mattha, O. Mattha, cat 267 - 268. Here it is clear, that is meant: mḏꜣ.t-unity x.
4	Lwpꜥ ⁵This name is currently not known to me elsewhere. (sꜣ) Pꜣ-ḫṱ(?) sꜣ Wsı͗r-ı͗w(?) ..?.. Tꜣ-šr.t-n-Wsı͗r(?) mḏ(ꜣ.t) 7.t
5	Pa-H̱nm ꜥꜣ pꜣ nfy sꜣ ⸢Wꜣḥ-ı͗b-Rꜥ⸣ [_] mḏ(ꜣ.t) 8.t
6	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜣs.t-r-ḥꜣ.t ⁶Probqnly r-bnr r. This phrase, also present her ein line 6 and on Ostr. Oxf. Ashm 797 and Ostr.BM EA 12090, remains unclear. ꜥnḫ
7	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mt(r) sꜣ Pꜣ-šr-Mn /// [_] ⸢s⸣ttr 6 ⸢ḏbꜥ.t⸣
8	Tꜣ-šr.t-n-Wsı͗r(?) [_] sttr ⸢1.t⸣
9	Lwpꜥ (sꜣ) Pꜣ-⸢ḫṱ⸣ ḏbꜥ.t 17 sttr ⸢1.t⸣
10	Pa-H̱nm ꜥꜣ pꜣ nfy [_] sttr [1.t(?)]
12	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜣs.t-r-ḥꜣ.t sw(?) rtb 2 [_] mḏ(ꜣ.t) 5

¹ This seems to be a short form for ꜣs.t-ḥꜣt. pꜣ-mšꜥ „Isis in front o the army”, a local form of Isis attested in Aswan: LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 293.
² Probqnly r-bnr r. This phrase, also present here in line 6 and on Ostr. Oxf. Ashm 797 and Ostr.BM EA 12090, remains unclear.
³ For this short form see Lüddeckens, Demotisches Namenbuch (1979-2000), 664 – 666 nos. 46, 48, 53 – 60. The second part mt was written wit the Demotic numeral “10”, Coptic Ⲙⲏⲧ.
⁴ The numeral behind mḏꜣ.t is unusual in the previous interpretation that mḏꜣ.t is only a measure for wheat (= 1/12 artabas). Nur el-Din, O. Leiden dem, cat. 158 published a similar form. He suggested, that a part of the wheat was measured in mḏꜣ.t, another part of the wheat in another measure. See also Mattha, O. Mattha, cat 267 - 268. Here it is clear, that is meant: mḏꜣ.t-unity x.
⁵ This name is currently not known to me elsewhere.
⁶ Probqnly r-bnr r. This phrase, also present her ein line 6 and on Ostr. Oxf. Ashm 797 and Ostr.BM EA 12090, remains unclear.

convex

1	Peteesis-er-hat: [_] castor oil seeds ..?.. 1.
2	..?..Senosiris(?): [_] castor oil seeds: 6 artabas.
3	Petosorsmetis, son of Psemminis [_]: 2 artabas and 6 medjat-units (of castor oil seeds).
4	Lupa, (son) of Pachoites(?), son of Esoreus(?) ..?.. Senosiris(?): 7 medjat-units (of castor oil seeds).
5	Pachnoumis senior, the skipper, son of Oaphres: [_] 8 medjat-units (of castor oil seeds).
6	Peteesis-er-hat ..?.. enchis
7	Petosorsmetis, son of Psemminis ⸢///⸣: [_] 6 stater, [///] obols.
8	..?.., Senosiris(?): [_] 1 stater [///].
9	Lupa, (son) of Pachoites: 17 obols, 1 stater [///].
10	Pachnoumis senior, the skipper: [_] 1(?) stater.
11	Peteesis-er-hat: wheat 2 artabas: [_] 5 medjat-units 5 (of castor oil seeds).

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
35790	man	..?..Senosiris(?)	..?.. Tꜣ-šr.t-n-Wsı͗r	(not identified)

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

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DatasetID	100104
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100104 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12265), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.