Ostr. Berlin P. 12259
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12259 |
| 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unpublished |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, yellow brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
88 mm | 43 mm | 7 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on all sides except for the upper, where the rim is almost intact. |
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) |
Unknown amount of text missing on the right and at the bottom. In line 1 the surface is very dark and the writing difficult to see. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A well readable document hand with cursive tendencies. Superlinear stroke is used. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3+x |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
88 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
33 |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Paoresh, son of Kolthe |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| Summary of Content |
The writer`s(=debtor) name is probably Paoresh, son of Kolthe; a Trimesion is readable and possibly the "place of Phib". |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | I, Paoresh son of Kolthe (...)|
2 | | and a trimesion (...) |
3 | | (...) place of Phib (?) (...)
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2535 |
man |
Paoresh, son of Kolthe |
ⲡⲁⲱⲣϣ︦ ⲕⲟⲗⲑⲉ |
Coptic |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100165 |
| 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 100165 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12259), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
