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Ostr. Berlin P. 10774

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 10774
Publication Number	BGU VI 1463
Current Location	magazine
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:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
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, grey brown
Size (Height | Width | Thickness)	98 mm | 150 mm | 9 mm
Dating	between -246 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken in two pieces, bottom missing

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)	broken in two pieces, bottom lost
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic, hand unknown
Comments on Text Layout	11 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	11
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	contract of marriage
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary | contract
Summary of Content	contract between Philotera and Akesandros concerning arrangements of living together in marriage
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	woman as contractant in a marriage contract
Religion	unknown

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4139	man	Akesandros, son of Nikanor	Ἀκέσανδρος Νικάνορος	Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	39	Choiak	22	-246 February 12 BCE	date in text;

 

Literature

• Boswinkel, Ernst & Clarysse, Willy & Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, BL 7: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band VII (1986). (20)
• Erdmann, W., Zum γάμος ἄγραφος der graeco-aegyptischen Papyri (1939). (225-226)
• Schubart, Wilhelm & Kühn, Ernst, BGU VI: Papyri und Ostraka der Ptolemäerzeit (1922). (no. 1463)
• Yiftach-Firanko, Uri, Marriage and Marital Arrangements. A History of the Greek marriage document in Egypt. 4th century BCE-4th century CE (2003). (index S. 358)

 

DatasetID	2881
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	02881
Trismegistos	4745
Papyri.info	ddbdp/bgu;6;1463
Author	BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 2881 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10774), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer.