Ostr. Berlin P. 12248
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12248 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
121 mm | 103 mm | 8 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Right side broken off. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
one-sided |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The ink is very faded/rubbed off in some places. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Rather messy, but practised document hand, cursive, with ligatures. Possibly from the same hand as P. 10835. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
9 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
99 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
110 |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Zara[ |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
Addressee is feminine, she is supposed to send something. The end is: "if God so will [...]. Hail in the Lord[..." |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Woman |
| Religion |
Christianity |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ϯ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲍⲁⲣⲁ|
2 | | ⲧⲁⲣⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲙⲛ︦ⲧ|
3 | | ⲛⲁⲥⲡⲟⲩⲇⲁⲍⲉ ⲛ︦ⲧ|
4 | | ⲛ︦ⲧⲉϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛ|
5 | | ⲉⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉⲧⲁϣ ⲙⲁⲩⲁ|
6 | | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲛ︦ⲡⲕϩ|
7 | | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙ︦ⲡⲣ︦ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ|
8 | | ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲧⲱϣ ⲛ︦ⲧⲁϫ|
9 | | ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ︦ⲡϫⲟⲉ
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1 | | I Zara(...)|
2 | | and they say (?) ...(...)|
3 | | will be eager to (...)|
4 | | and you (fem.) will send out to me (...)|
5 | | if the man decides himself (...)|
6 | | and ...(...)|
7 | | and don`t ... me (...)|
8 | | if God decides that I (...)|
9 | | Health in the Lord (...)
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
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original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2670 |
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Zara[ |
ⲍⲁⲣⲁ[ |
Coptic |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100180 |
| 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 100180 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12248), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
