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Graff. in situ, Graffito D 2

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Metadata

Collection

Collection in situ, Graffito D
Inventory Number Graff. in situ, Graffito D 2
Current Location in situ
Publication Permission Status (unknown)
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details Chnum temple, terrace balustrade, inner face
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) (not relevant)
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 (not relevant)
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 0 and 0
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) (not relevant)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type graffito
Color (not relevant)
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation Complete.
Mounting in situ

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments engraved
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
State of Preservation (Text) Complete.
Script, Primary Late Demotic
Language, Primary Roman Demotic
Comments on Handwriting The signs are of consistent deepness.
Comments on Text Layout One line, directly below the bevel.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 1 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 1230 0
Column Height (in mm) 80 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 1230 x 80 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title marking of the location of a mobile beer counter
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content Mentioning beer drinkers at the place of the cult association of Chnum, presumably marking of the location of a mobile beer counter.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
1nꜣ swr-ḥq.t m-bꜣḥ H̱nm pꜣ mꜣꜥ tꜣ swn.t H̱nm nꜣ swr-ḥq.t 1Reading after Vittmann, cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 510. Original reading by Zauzich: ꜥṱḫ.w tws <m> bꜣḥ H̱nm pꜣ mꜣꜥ tꜣ wnm H̱nm ꜥṱḫ.w tws “(The) beer brewers before Chnum at the position of the feast of Chnum. (The) beer brewers.”

1 Reading after Vittmann, cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 510. Original reading by Zauzich: ꜥṱḫ.w tws <m> bꜣḥ H̱nm pꜣ mꜣꜥ tꜣ wnm H̱nm ꜥṱḫ.w tws “(The) beer brewers before Chnum at the position of the feast of Chnum. (The) beer brewers.”
1The beer drinkers before Chnum at the place of the cult association of Chnum. The beer drinkers.
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
120 (unknown) (Unknown [not mentioned in text]) (Unknown [not mentioned in text]) German

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Roman Period -30 BCE 50 CE ;

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 307365
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 55304
Author Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 307365 (= Graff. in situ, Graffito D 2), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography).