Ostr. Berlin P. 12240
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12240 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
69 mm | 78 mm | 8 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Fragment of a plate. Broken on the upper and bottom part in a triangular shape. The end of lines thus lost. |
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) |
The black ink and so the writing is well visible. Parts of the text broken off. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Script, additional A |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Practised document-hand, cursive tendencies, but well readable. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
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6 |
| Quantity of Columns |
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1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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78+x |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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x+69+y |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | list
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| Summary of Content |
List of words: the words are (of) Greek (origin), the script is rather Coptic:
"pork [
fish [
meat [
of sheepmeat [
salted fish ["
List of food, probably quantity missing on the right. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
Greek or Coptic? The words are Greek, but might as well be loanwords in an otherwise Coptic setting/context. List, so much syntax was not used, probably only measures, quantity. |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ⲭⲟⲓⲣⲟⲥ|
2 | | ⲟⲯⲁⲣⲓⲁ|
3 | | ⲕⲣⲉⲟⲥ ⲁ|
4 | | ⲡⲣⲟⲃⲁⲧⲓⲛⲱⲛ|
5 | | ⲧⲁⲣⲓⲭⲓⲁ
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1 | | pork (...)|
2 | | fish (...)|
3 | | meat (...)|
4 | | of sheepmeat (...)|
5 | | salted fish (...)
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
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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 |
100173 |
| 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 100173 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12240), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
