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Ostr. Berlin P. 17821

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 17821
Publication Number TAD D.7.47
Publication Permission Status no permission for publication necessary
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: medium
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery (unknown)
Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) (unknown)
Certainty:

Object

Object Type ostracon
Range of Preservation incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object concave/convex
Text-Localization, Addendum 90° gewendet
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5 5
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Missive. Re Burying and Eating
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Context unclear due to damage.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
TAD (variants)
cc
1. [...]א ⸢צלח⸣[...]
2. {[... ע]ד | [...]ר} שאר 𐡜
3. [... א]לפנ אושר 𐡘
4. [...]ח הא אקבר
5. [...]⸢ק⸣מ◦
cv
1. [...]◦
2. [...]◦⸢ב⸣◦[ ]ידה
3. [... ]הושרתמ לי
4. [...]ת לכמ {ל⸢א⸣ד⸢כ⸣לי/א\ | ל⸢א⸣ר⸢כ⸣לי/א\}
5. [... כ]ע⸢נ⸣ אכלת אתמ/ל\
CC
1 א י צל◦
2 ד ר שארת
3אלפנ אושר
4ח הא אקבר
5 דמא
CV
1◦
2 ידה
3הושר 𐡛 לי 1The palimpsest or an errasure reads למ under 𐡛.
4ת לכמ ואכלי
5◦◦ אכלת אתמל

1 The palimpsest or an errasure reads למ under 𐡛.
CC
2{[...]ˀ | [...]Y} ⸢chop⸣/⸢our leather⸣/⸢pray⸣/⸢net⸣[...]
1{[...]D | [...]R} (the) rest
3[... b]oats I shall send
4[...]Ḥ surely, I shall bury
5[...] the ⸢va⸣lue/⸢bl⸣ood.
CV
2[...]◦
1[...]... his/her hand
3[...] send 10 to me
4[...]⸢to⸣ you. And \my/ food
5[...]◦◦ I ate yesterda\y/
P_17821_aussen_(17)
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Places (read out from edition)

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
-499 BCE -450 BCE ;

 

Pictures

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P_17821_innen_(17)
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Literature

 

DatasetID 306594
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 89612
Author James D. Moore
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 306594 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 17821), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.