Ostr. London, BM EA 14111
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
London, British Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, BM EA 14111 |
| Current Location |
London, British Museum |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
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] |
| Type of Discovery |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1876 and 1876 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Junker, Hermann
Certainty: |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
The 1st-3rd AH/ 7th - 9th CE centuries |
| Dating |
between 801 and 1000 |
| Criteria for Dating |
Based on the paleography. |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken off on all sides. |
| Comments on Object |
Painted. 4 lines - one side. |
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) |
Small parts from the right and upper sides are missing, and unknown missing amount in the bottom, but it is most likely a large part. Ink is faded/rubbed in some places. |
| Script, Primary |
Arabic |
| Language, Primary |
Arabic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Not a very neat handwriting, but seems to be from a practiced hand. Dots and vowels aren't used. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) ostracon on the convex side. concave side is blank. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Private letter |
| Ancient Author of Text |
(Unknown [not mentioned in text]) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
Part of a private letter. The surviving text is part of the usual introduction and greeting, and a few other words. |
| Location of Composition |
unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Comments on Text |
Because the writer was unable to finish the last two words of the second line, he rewrote it at the beginning of the third line. |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Islam |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | بســم الله
الرحمن
الرحيم اكرمكـ الله وابقاكـ واتم نعــمه|
2 | | واتم نعمه عليكـ
وزاد في احسانه اليكـ كتابي الــيكـ
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3 | | عبد الله اليكـ وحو|
4 | | حق و
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1 | | [In the name] of God, the Merciful, the
Compassionate, may God honor and preserve you, and complete his blessing |
2 | | and complete his blessing to you, and increase
his bounty on you. My letter to [you]|
3 | | ..؟.. ʿAbdallāh
for you and [///]|
4 | | ..؟.. right and [///]
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People mentioned in Text
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gender |
en normiert |
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Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 15950 |
man |
ʿAbdallāh |
عبد الله |
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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21 AH |
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641 CE |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307719 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
388703 |
| Author |
Ahmed Kamal |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307719 (= Ostr. London, BM EA 14111), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal. |
