Ostr. Berlin P. 12255

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12255
Publication Number	Hintze 1977, Nr.4
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	1963 available; 2014 available
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	114 mm \| 202 mm \| 8 mm
Range of Preservation	complete
Comments on Object	Fragment of a plate of reddish clay.

Localization of Text on Object	one-sided
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Not a very neat handwriting, large letters, relatively clumsy appearance. Superlinear stroke and trema used.
Comments on Text Layout	Lines 9-11 are written on the rim, above the text.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines		11
Quantity of Columns		1
Line Lenght (in mm)		200
Column Height (in mm)		114
Height of Line / Letter

Ancient Author of Text	Thekla, daughter of Tsanagapé
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Presbyteros, son of Nilamon
Text Types	documentary documentary \| dept instrument
Summary of Content	Thekla, daughter of Tsanagape, owes Papa, son of Petros, 1.5 keration of gold. Scribe and witness of the text is Presbyteros, son of Nilamon.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	Scribe is male, author (comissioner) is female

Transcription

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1	ⳁ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲑⲉⲕⲗⲁ ⲛ︦ⲧⲥⲁⲛⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲉⲧ
2	ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲙ︦ⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲙ︦ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲟⲙⲟ
3	ⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲭⲣⲉⲟⲥⲧⲉⲓ ⲛⲁ ⲛ︦ⲟⲩⲕⲉ
4	ⲣⲁⲧⲉⲓⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲁⲥ ⲛ︦ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲓ ⲅⲓ,ⲅⲓⲛⲉⲧⲁⲓ ⲭⲣⲭⲣⲩⲥⲟⲩ , ⲕ,ⲕⲉⲣⲁⲧⲓⲟⲛ , ⲁ
5	ϯⲱ ⲛ︦ϩⲉⲧⲟⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲧⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉⲕϣ
6	ⲁⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲁϫⲛ︦ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛ︦ⲁⲛ
7	ⲧⲓⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ ⲉⲅⲣ,ⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ ⲙⲏⲙⲏⲛⲏ
8	ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ ⲁ
9	ⲓⲛⲇ,ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲱⲛⲟⲥ ⲓⲁ
10	ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲗⲁⲙⲱⲛ ⲁⲓ̈
11	ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ϯⲃⲗ︦ϫⲉ ϯⲱ ⲙ︦ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⳁ

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1	I, Thekla daughter of Tsanagape, am
2	writing to Papa son of Petros that I
3	acknowledge and I owe one ke-
4	ration and a half of gold, that makes in gold 1.5 keration.
5	I agree to give them back to you wh-
6	en you come south, without any dis-
7	puting words. Written in the month of
8	Phamenoth, 1st (day),
9	11th indiktion-year.
10	I, Presbyteros son of Nilamon have
11	written this ostracon and am witness.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
2540	man	Papa, son of Petros	ⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ	Coptic

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
		Phamenoth	01	510 CE 600 CE	11th indiction. historical, social setting, other texts and archives from the area, palaeography; names, military titles, business affairs in the Coptic texts from Elephantine;

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DatasetID	100158
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 100158 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12255), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos.