Ostr. Berlin P. 12232
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12232 |
| 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unpublished |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 brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
60 mm | 84 mm | 6 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on three sides, not on top |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
concave (inside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A practised, neat hand, nicely shaped letters slightly leaning to the right. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Written on the fragment of a plate, only on the inner (concave) side. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
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4+x |
| Quantity of Columns |
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1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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x+56+y |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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36+x |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Martyria |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| Summary of Content |
Fragment of a debt acknowledgement. The writer, who owes, is a [M]artyria, daughter of Tsh[... . The rest of the text is missing. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
The debtor, who writes or dictates the text is a woman, [M]artyria. |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | ... Martyria, daughter of Tsh...|
2 | | ... I owe ...|
3 | | ?|
4 | | ?
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 12260 |
woman |
Martyria |
ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲁ |
Coptic |
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Dates
| RulerID |
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; names, military titles, business affairs in the Coptic texts from Elephantine
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100167 |
| 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 100167 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12232), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
