Ostr. Berlin P. 12253
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12253 |
| Publication Number |
Hintze 1977, Nr.10 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
1963 available; 2014 available |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
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) |
86 mm | 146 mm | 7 mm |
| Dating |
between 395 and |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex/concave |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The text on convex side is very faded, unknown if rubbed deliberately or through natural processes. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
It is a rather even, practised hand. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
On the inner, concave, side of the pottery ostracon 9 lines of Coptic writing can be seen. On the outer, convex, side remnants or rather traces of 4 (?) lines can be seen, but the text here is basically illegible due to the poor state of preservation. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
9 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
70 |
143 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
40 |
80 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Pcol, son of Dorotheos |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| Summary of Content |
Pcol, son of Dorotheus, owes 15.000 wonchis to Hello, son of Pasmet.
He has put them on a ship and is ready to pay back, when the ship comes south again (?). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Monolingual |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡϭⲟⲗ ⲧⲟⲩⲣⲱⲑⲉ
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2 | | ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ︦ϩⲩⲗⲟ ⲙ︦ⲡⲁⲥⲙⲏⲧ|
3 | | ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲧⲃⲁ︦ ⲟⲩϭⲁⲥ ⲛ︦ⲟⲩ|
4 | | ⲱⲛⲭⲓⲥ ⲛ︦ⲧⲟⲧⲕ︦ ⲉⲧⲁⲭⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲓ|
5 | | ⲧⲁⲗⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲓ ⲛ︦ϣⲁⲧⲙⲁϫⲉ|
6 | | ϯⲟ ⲛ︦ϩⲉⲧⲟⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲣⲁⲧⲁⲩ|
7 | | ⲛⲉⲕ ⲗⲟⲓⲡⲛⲥ ⲑⲉ ⲧⲉⲕⲟⲩⲁ|
8 | | ϣⲥ ϣⲁⲁⲥⲧⲉ|
9 | | ⲙ︦ⲡⲉϥⲛⲧ
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1 | | I, Pjol son of Dorotheus |
2 | | am writing to Hello son of Pasmet.|
3 | | After I had received fifteen-thousand w-|
4 | | onchis from you for my needs, I|
5 | | put them on the pickaxe-cutter ship.|
6 | | I am ready to give them back|
7 | | to you the way you wi|
8 | | sh |
9 | |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
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original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2440 |
man |
Hello, son of Pasmet |
ϩⲩⲗⲟ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲙⲏⲧ |
Coptic |
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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historical, social setting, other texts and archives from the area, palaeography; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100156 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
87778 |
| 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 100156 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12253), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
