Ostr. Berlin P. 36
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 36 |
| 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, grey brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
78 mm | 39 mm | 7 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Upper and lower parts 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) |
Line beginnings and endings damaged. Faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Narrow line pitch.
The text covers nearly the entire surface of the (preserved) potsherd. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
10 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
39 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
78 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
39 x 78 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
account mentining lagynos jars |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
Fragmentary account, mentining lagynos jars. Details unclear due to the fragmentary condition. Mentioning of Chnoum, so possibly deliveries for the Chnoum temple. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-332 BCE -30 BCE |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
300020 |
| 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 300020 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 36), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
