Ostr. Berlin P. 11377

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 11377
Publication Number	TAD D.7.23
Current Location	magazine \| ostraca depository
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete
Mounting	(non [ostracon])

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave (inside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6

Text Content

Modern Title	Fragmentary Missive. Re: Wool and Gypsum
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	לזכור
2	למהכ על
3	קמרא עתי[קא
4	גצ יצלנ 𐡘𐡘
5	.אחוך מיכיה
6	לך כענת
7

1	to Zakk⸢ûr⸣[...]
2	to go to ◦[...]
3	the o⸢l⸣[d] wool[...]
4	gypsum, 2 elbow joints[...] ¹גצ: statistically gypsum is most likely, but also a type of thorn bush Akk. giṣṣu could be meant here. The wool of the sheep in Cairo EM JdE 43464 a is said to be affected by thorns, perhaps this is a related scenario. יצלנ: may refer to the unmentioned sheep with old wool. Cf. Akk eṣēlu. Alternatively, Syriac yaṣîlāˀ elbow joint is possible.
5	your brother Mikay[ah...]
6	[...]to you. No⸢w⸣,[...]
7	[...]◦[...]

¹ גצ: statistically gypsum is most likely, but also a type of thorn bush Akk. giṣṣu could be meant here. The wool of the sheep in Cairo EM JdE 43464 a is said to be affected by thorns, perhaps this is a related scenario. יצלנ: may refer to the unmentioned sheep with old wool. Cf. Akk eṣēlu. Alternatively, Syriac yaṣîlāˀ elbow joint is possible.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
41995	man	Mikayah	מיכיה	Aramaic, Imperial

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-499 BCE -475 BCE	;

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Literature

DatasetID	100630
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	James D. Moore; Verena Lepper
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100630 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 11377), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore; Verena Lepper.