Ostr. Berlin P. 10825
TEI-XML-File: https://p612399.webspaceconfig.de/xml/elephantine_erc_db_100146.tei.xml
Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 10825 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
79 mm | 94 mm | 10 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken on all four sides, but probably not too much missing. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
one-sided |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
All the lines are incomplete because the sides of the ostracon broke off. The first line visible is the first line of the text, but also incomplete. The end of the text is also missing. Some letters are faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A practised hand, with regular half-uncials, semi-cursive document hand. Superlineal stroke and trema are applied. |
| |
recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6+x |
|
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
|
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
94 |
|
| Column Height (in mm) |
60 |
|
Text Content
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | Patermouthis |
| Ancient Author of Text |
[Jak]obos |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
|
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
|
| Summary of Content |
[Jak]ôbos writes to Tasi[a/s]; Tsakhô and her sister are mentioned; four of something and sending is also mentioned |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
|
1 | | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲥⲓⲁ
|
2 | | ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲙ︦ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟ|
3 | | ⲛⲉⲉ ⲧⲥⲁⲭⲱ ⲙⲛ︦ⲧⲉⲥⲥⲱⲛⲉ|
4 | | ⲉⲣⲉ· ⲉⲓⲥ ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ︦|
5 | | ϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ·|
6 | | · ⲟⲩⲉ
|
|
1 | | I, Jakobos am writing to Tasia.|
2 | | First, before the affair, I am greeting you (...)|
3 | | (...) Tsakho and her sister|
4 | | (...) Lo, four (...)|
5 | | (...I am) sending them to you (fem.sing.)|
6 | | (...) ...?...(...)
|
![]() |
| P_10825_aussen |
|
|
| CC-BY-NC-SA |
![]() |
![]() |
| P_10825_innen |
|
|
| CC-BY-NC-SA |
![]() |
|
| |
|
|
| Places (read out from edition) |
|
|
People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 12755 |
man |
Iakobos |
Iakobos |
Greek, Ancient |
|
|
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
|
|
|
|
400 CE 499 CE |
historical, social setting, other texts and archives from the area, palaeography; names, military titles, business affairs in the Coptic texts from Elephantine
; |
Pictures
![]() |
| P_10825_aussen |
|
|
| CC-BY-NC-SA |
![]() |
![]() |
| P_10825_innen |
|
|
| CC-BY-NC-SA |
![]() |
Literature
| DatasetID |
100146 |
| 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 100146 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10825), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
