Ostr. London, BM EA 12187

Collection	London, British Museum
Inventory Number	Ostr. London, BM EA 12187
Publication Number	ined.
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	unpublished

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1878 and 1878
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Chester, Greville John Certainty:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Junker, Hermann Certainty:

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The script is very badly visible, there is a yellowish layer (dirt? paint?) on the surface which makes reading difficult.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Script, additional A	Greek
Language, Primary	Coptic
Language, additional A	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	Small, not very fine letters, swift hand.
Comments on Text Layout	5 lines~
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Types	documentary
Summary of Content	undeterminable
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium)

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

London_BM_EA-12187_S1_

Reserved Copyright

London_BM_EA-12187_S2_

Reserved Copyright

Places (read out from edition)

London_BM_EA-12187_S1_

Reserved Copyright

London_BM_EA-12187_S2_

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	307738
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	388600
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307738 (= Ostr. London, BM EA 12187), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.