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Ostr. Berlin P. 12246

TEI-XML-File: https://p612399.webspaceconfig.de/xml/elephantine_erc_db_100178.tei.xml

Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 12246
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Publication Status unpublished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) 92 mm | 148 mm | 6 mm
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation all sides damaged; surface chipped in several places; glued together from two pieces

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 Cursive
Language, Primary Coptic
Comments on Handwriting A very cursive hand with many ligatures. Based on palaeography this piece seems to be later than the majority of the Elephantine ostraca.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+11+y
Quantity of Columns 1
Line Lenght (in mm) x+148
Column Height (in mm) x+70+y
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content Agreement or letter? The writer`s identification contains "from/of Elephantine"; addressee seems to be Matthaios; writer will pay back (ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲍⲉ) (a debt?); rent is mentioned
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
concave
1
2ⲛ︦ⲉⲓⲏⲃ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲙⲁⲑⲑⲁⲓⲟⲥ
3ⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲉⲧⲕϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲱϥ ⲉⲣ
4
5ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲕⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ⲫⲍ̣ ⲧⲣⲓ
6ⲧⲣⲟⲍϥ ϩⲓⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲁⲡⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲍⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ
7ⲙⲓⲥⲑⲱⲥⲓⲥ ⲉⲓⲱⲣ︦ⲕ︦ ⲙⲗⲏⲡⲁⲛ
8ⲉⲧ
9ⲛ︦ϩⲏⲧϥ︦
10ⲧⲣ
11
concave
1(...) ...
2(...) of Elephantine I am writing to Matthaios
3(...) your house on which (?) you are sitting (...)
4(...)
5(...) those which you gave him ...?...
6(...) ...?... I will account for it to you
7(...) rent, I swear ...?...
8...
9...in it
10...
11...
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Places (read out from edition)
  • ⲉⲓⲏⲃ (places.xml#s3)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    2500 man Matthias ⲙⲁⲑⲑ[ⲁⲓⲟⲥ] Coptic

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    palaeography;

     

    Pictures

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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 100178
    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 100178 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12246), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos.