Ostr. Oxford Ashm. O. dem. 306
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Oxford Ashm. O. dem. 306 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| 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 District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Complete |
| Mounting |
_x001C__x001C_(non [ostracon]) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
(none) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Narrow and unsteady line pitch.
The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, without any margins. |
| |
recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
71 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
79 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
|
|
| Line Distance |
71 x 79 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
account revenues of priests from an Isis temple |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive | Isis cult section |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
List of expenses given to priests from an Isis temple, presumably as their income. The male priests earn together 6 talents, 46 deben, the sole female priestess 130 deben. The not disbursed rest from the available total of 7 talents, 187 deben, 5 kite is 311 deben, 5 kite. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Ethnicity / Multiculturalism |
Egyptian |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
- Activity of woman: priestess, as wage earner
- Identifier of woman: none (only title mentioned)
- Further: income of woman separated after sum of the income of the male priests |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
