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Ostr. Berlin P. 11372

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 11372
Publication Number TAD D.7.48
Comments on Inventory 1963 vorhanden
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]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution excavation finds
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1906 and 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty:

Object

Object Type ostracon
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) 9,8 mm | 11,3 mm | 0,90 mm
Range of Preservation incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object concave/convex
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 5 5
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Missive. Re Supplies
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Message to a woman to send food supplies, followed by a second message refering to a decree/decision/instruction.
Gender Woman
Comment on Gender Addressee is female

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
CC
1הושרי לי יומא דכ
2𐡘𐡘 הושרי לי זעיר
3לחמא יומא זנה
4וכענת היתיו
5לי בש◦תא
CV
1
2לעבד אנה זנה לחה ... שלחתנ
3למ [י]שלחו לי טעמא יומא
4זנה ◦ לשלמכמ שלחת
5
CC
1Send (f.s.) me [...] that(?) day.
2⸢2⸣. Send (f.s) me a little of
3the bread this day.
4And now, bring (m.p.)/they brought
5me ...
CV
1[...]◦[...]
2to make this/I ... you sent (word to) us
3saying, "they [shall] the decision/order/decree to me (4) ⸢this⸣ (3) day
4◦ for your (m.p.) peace/compensation I sent
5[...]
P_11372_aussen
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P_11372_innen
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Places (read out from edition)

 

 

Dates

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

 

Pictures

P_11372_aussen
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_11372_innen
CC-BY-NC-SA

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 100631
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 100631 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 11372), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore; Verena Lepper.