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unpublished |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. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
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x+11+y |
| Quantity of Columns |
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1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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x+148 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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x+70+y |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
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| 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 |
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1 | | ⲃ|
2 | | ⲛ︦ⲉⲓⲏⲃ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲙⲁⲑⲑⲁⲓⲟⲥ
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3 | | ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲉⲧⲕϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲱϥ ⲉⲣ|
4 | | |
5 | | ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲕⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ⲫⲍ̣ ⲧⲣⲓ|
6 | | ⲧⲣⲟⲍϥ ϩⲓⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲁⲡⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲍⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ|
7 | | ⲙⲓⲥⲑⲱⲥⲓⲥ ⲉⲓⲱⲣ︦ⲕ︦ ⲙⲛⲗⲏⲡⲁⲛ|
8 | | ⲉⲧ|
9 | | ⲛ︦ϩⲏⲧϥ︦|
10 | | ⲧⲣ|
11 | |
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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 |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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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. |
