Ostr. Berlin P. 12611

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12611
Publication Number	lit math
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Text Layout	mind. 12 Zeilen.; andere Seite: unbeschriftet
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	12

Modern Title	Geometrische Aufgabe
Text Types	scientific \| math
Summary of Content	geometrical exercide: drawing of a circle with chord and corner designations
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language

Transcription

Translation

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	¹rough drawing of a circular arc with chord, corners are marked with letters: Α (left) and Β (right), centre of the arc is marked with Γ
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¹ rough drawing of a circular arc with chord, corners are marked with letters: Α (left) and Β (right), centre of the arc is marked with Γ

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	¹rough drawing of a circular arc with chord, corners are marked with letters: Α (left) and Β (right), centre of the arc is marked with Γ
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¹ rough drawing of a circular arc with chord, corners are marked with letters: Α (left) and Β (right), centre of the arc is marked with Γ

Places (read out from edition)

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

DatasetID	16502
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	16502
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 16502 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12611), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Philip Schmitz.