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Ostr. Berlin P. 12007

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12007
Publication Number	lit. math
Current Location	magazine | papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
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	partage
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1906 and 1906

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, yellow brown
Size (Height | Width | Thickness)	129 mm | 65 mm | 11 mm
Dating	between -300 and -201
Criteria for Dating	palaeography
Range of Preservation	incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Text Layout	12002: 14 Zeilen; P. 12007: 12 Zeilen; P. 12008: mind. 8 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	12

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Geometrische Aufgaben
Text Types	scientific | math
Summary of Content	geometrical exercise: figure with equal sides
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language

 

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Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-299 BCE -200 BCE	palaeographical dating;

 

Literature

• Dorandi, T., La tradizione papiracea degli „Elementi“ di Euclide (1992). (311)
• Fowler, D., The Mathematics of Plato’s Academy. A New Reconstruction (1999). (209-211)
• Horak, u., Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere I (1992). (253)
• Müller, W. & Mau, J., Mathematische Ostraka aus der Berliner Sammlung (1960). (1-10, no. 5)

 

DatasetID	16501
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	16501
Trismegistos	65672
Author	BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Philip Schmitz
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 16501 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12007), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Philip Schmitz.