Ostr. Berlin P. 12245
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12245 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
56 mm | 73 mm | 5 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on all sides. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
one-sided |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A practised document hand, cursive, well readable. Trema is consistently used. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
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x+7+y |
| Quantity of Columns |
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1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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x+73+y |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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x+56+y |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
Seems to be a fragment of a private letter, referring to and citing sayings of a woman "she said". |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
"she said" |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ⲛ|
2 | | ⲛ ⲁⲁⲉ|
3 | | ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁϯ|
4 | | ⲁⲛⲉⲣⲭⲉⲗⲉ|
5 | | ⲙⲟⲓ̈ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ|
6 | | ϣⲁⲓ̈ⲃⲓ|
7 | | ⲏ
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1 | | (...) ...?... |
2 | | (...) ...?...|
3 | | (...) she said that "I will give(...)|
4 | | (...) ... ordered (?)|
5 | | (...) me. She said (...)|
6 | | (...) I usually bring|
7 | | (...) ...?...
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100177 |
| 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 100177 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12245), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
