Ostr. Berlin P. 12238
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12238 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
54 mm | 90 mm | 5 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on all sides except for the upper, where the rim is intact. |
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) |
In lines 1-2 the beginning of lines can be seen, the end is broken off, from line 3 also the beginning of lines is missing. The ink is faded / rubbed off in some places. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A well readable document-hand, with relatively regularly formed letters, the lines are also quite regular, no ligatures. Superlinear stroke is used. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Writing only on the concave (inner) side. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
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5+x |
| Quantity of Columns |
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1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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85+x |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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45+x |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Pkaro[ |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | account
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| Summary of Content |
Account of Pkaro[…] about an artabe of wheat ... |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2595 |
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Pkaro[ |
ⲡⲕⲁⲣⲟ[ |
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; |
Pictures
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| P_12238_aussen |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
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| P_12238_innen |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100171 |
| 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 100171 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12238), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
