Ostr. Berlin P. 12254
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12254 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
110 mm | 172 mm | 8 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on the left-hand side, chipped off on the upper, right, and bottom sides. |
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) |
slightly rubbed off in the middle |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A practised document hand with well readable writing, with some ligatures. Superlinear strokes are mostly used, trema is not, or rubbed off. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
9 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
170 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
106 |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Job |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
The sender is Job, the addressee is Teulogia, or NN daughter of Teulogia, the holy (ⲧⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Woman
Man |
| Religion |
Christianity |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ϯ ϩⲙ︦ⲡⲁϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲙⲏⲛ ⲛ︦ϣⲁϫⲉ|
2 | | ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ|
3 | | ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙ︦ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ|
4 | | ⲉⲛⲓⲙ ⲉϥⲇⲓⲁⲫⲩⲟⲓⲉ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ︦ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ |
5 | | ⲟⲕⲛ︦ⲣ︦ⲡⲙⲉⲩⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ︦|
6 | | ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲏⲧⲛ︦|
7 | | ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛ︦ϣⲱⲡⲉⲡⲟϣⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲱ ⲙⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ|
8 | | ⲓ ϩⲙ︦ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛ︦ⲧⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧ|
9 | | ⲧⲉⲩⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭ,ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ
ⲓⲱⲃ ϯ
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1 | | Before all my words,|
2 | | I am greeting the beloved very very holy|
3 | | In the Lord, greetings to you (plural) and I am greeting|
4 | | everyone who is connected to you (plural), by name.|
5 | | ... think. I sent it (or him) to you (plural)|
6 | | for it is a ...|
7 | | four cucumbers (?) to share with you (feminin) ...|
8 | | ... in the Lord, give this (the letter) to the holy one, ...|
9 | | Teulogia, from the most humble Job.
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People mentioned in Text
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gender |
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Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2470 |
man |
Job |
ⲓⲱⲃ |
Coptic |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100163 |
| 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 100163 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12254), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
