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Graff. in situ, Graffito D 5

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	in situ, Graffito D
Inventory Number	Graff. in situ, Graffito D 5
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 side
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, some signs slightly faded.
Script, Primary	Late Demotic
Language, Primary	Roman Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Narrow line pitch. The right-aligned text is arranged horizontally.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	1
Quantity of Columns	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	230
Column Height (in mm)	70
Line Distance	230 x 70

Text Content

Modern Title	proskynema (wšt.t)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Onnophris(?), son of Teos
Text Types	documentary \| proskynema \| act of worhsip wšt.t
Summary of Content	Mentioning the act of worship (formula wšt.t) of Onnophris(?), son of Teos, who has a job in connection with the wab priests of Chnum.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	tꜣ wšt.t Wn-nfr(?) sꜣ Ḏd-ḥr
2	pꜣ nꜣ wꜥb.w H̱nm

1	The act of worship of Onnophris(?), son of Teos,
2	the ..?.. of the wab priests of Chnum.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
8090	not applicable	(no further persons mentioned)	(no further persons mentỈoned)	(none)

Dates

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

Literature

Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Demotische Inschriften (1980). (79 no. D 5)
Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Inschriften und Graffiti von der Brüstung der Chnumtempel-Terrasse in Elephantine (1979). (152 no. D 5)

DatasetID	307369
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	55301
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 307369 (= Graff. in situ, Graffito D 5), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography).