Ostr. Berlin P. 10829
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 10829 |
| Publication Number |
Hintze 1977, Nr.11 |
| Current Location |
magazine | ostraca depository |
| Comments on Inventory |
1963 available; 2014 available |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
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) |
151 mm | 114 mm | 8 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
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| Comments on Object |
Bottom and edge of a plate. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
concave (inside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The beginning of lines 1-6 is missing as that part of the ostracon is broken off, as well as the lower part with an undeterminable amount of text. There is surface damage on the left in lines 2-3 causing additional letters to be lost there. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A practised document-hand with relatively large letters, superlineal stroke used, and few ligatures |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
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9+x |
| Quantity of Columns |
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1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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x+114 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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140+x |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
S]okrates, son of Pachouene |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| Summary of Content |
Sokrates, son of Pakhuene, owes Papa, son of Proximus (priest), 20000 wonchis; he will give it back to him on 5 Tybi. |
| 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 | | ϯ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲥⲱⲕⲣⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲁⲭⲟⲩⲉⲛⲉ|
2 | | ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙ︦ⲡ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙ︦ⲡⲣⲟⲝⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ,ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ
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3 | | ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ︦ⲧⲃⲁ ⲟⲩϭⲟⲥ ⲛ︦ⲟⲩⲱⲛ|
4 | | ⲭⲓⲥ ⲉⲧⲣⲁⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲙ︦ⲡⲉⲃ|
5 | | ⲟⲧ ⲧⲩⲃⲓ ⲉ ⲉⲓⲧⲙ︦ⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ|
6 | | ϩⲛⲧⲩⲃⲓ ⲉ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ|
7 | | ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲙ︦ⲧ ⲭⲱⲣⲓⲥ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛ|
8 | | ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ|
9 | | ⲁϩ
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1 | | I, Sokrates, son of Pachouene|
2 | | am writing to Papa, son of Proximos, the priest: |
3 | | I have received twenty-thousand won|
4 | | chis, that I shall give back to you in the mo|
5 | | nth of Tybi, fifth day. If I don`t give them back to you|
6 | | in Tybi, fifth day, I shall give them to you|
7 | | as money without any|
8 | | dispute
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Dates
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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 |
100236 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
87779 |
| 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 100236 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10829), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Matthias Müller, Andrea Hasznos. |
