Ostr. Berlin P. 37
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 37 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
registered as existing during revision (1963) |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance Details |
"from the rubbish of the settlement" |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Erman, Adolf
Certainty: high |
| 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 |
(other) |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1886 and 1886 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Erman, Adolf
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
99 mm | 101 mm | 6 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper part as well as the left part are broken off in undetermined extent. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
| Restoration Activities |
Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Upper part broken off in undetermined extent. All line endings except for the last one lost. |
| Script, Primary |
Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
The text was placed presumably onto the upper half of the surface of the potsherd, with a small right margin. The lower half remains uninscribed.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+6 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
98 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
51 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
98 x x+51 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
List of persons connected with a day, presumably priest on duty |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | list | name list
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| Summary of Content |
List of males connected with a special day, presumably priests on duty for a special activity to be performed nearly each day. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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x+1 | | 13th day: ⸢..?..⸣ [///] |
x+2 | | 14th day: ⸢..?..⸣[///] |
x+3 | | 15th day: ⸢..?..⸣, son of Psen[///] |
x+4 | | 16th day: Pachnoumis, son of Eschnoumis, ⸢..?..⸣ [///] |
x+5 | | 18th day: ⸢..?..⸣[///] |
x+6 | | 20th day: Pachnoumis, son of Petespmetis.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Roman Period |
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-30 BCE 211 CE |
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Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
300019 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 300019 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 37), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
