Ostr. Berlin P. 12250
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12250 |
| 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unpublished |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) |
146 mm | 100 mm | 6 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on the right-hand side. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
one-sided |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The ink is somewhat faded in some places, there are a number of whitish stains on the surface, and the right side of the ostracon is broken off, all of which makes reading difficult. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Document-hand. A rather cursive script slightly leaning to the right, some ligatures. The overall appearance is not neat, somewhat difficult to read and interpret. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Writing only on the convex (outer) side. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
10 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
70 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
130 |
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Text Content
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| Summary of Content |
The author of the text, whose name is missing, owes the addresse (name missing) x (amount missing) artabe of wheat. Scribe and witness are at the end of the text, but name is again missing. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ|
2 | | ⲥⲓ|
3 | | ϫⲉ ϯⲭⲣⲉⲱⲥⲧⲓ|
4 | | ⲛ︦ⲣ︦ⲧⲁⲃ ⲛ︦ⲥⲟⲩⲟ
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5 | | |
6 | | |
7 | | |
8 | | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ |
9 | | ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲧⲃ︦ⲗϫ|
10 | | ⲙⲛ︦ⲧⲣⲉ
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1 | | I (...)|
2 | | ...|
3 | | that I ow(e ...)|
4 | | artabe of whe(at...)|
5 | | ...|
6 | | ...|
7 | | ...|
8 | | I (...)|
9 | | write this document (ostracon) (...)|
10 | | witness (...)
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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 |
100182 |
| 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 100182 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12250), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
