Ostr. London, BM EA 133028
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
London, British Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, BM EA 133028 |
| Publication Number |
TAD D.7.15 |
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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
(other) |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1962 and 1962 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
British Library
Certainty: |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
5th century BCE (circa) |
| Dating |
between -500 and -400 |
| Range of Preservation |
(undecidable) |
| State of Preservation |
Fair; badly rubbed and incomplete |
| Mounting |
(unknown) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
concave/convex (inside/outside) |
| Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Six lines outside, eight lines inside. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
7 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Fragmentary Missive. Re: Boat and Decree |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: low) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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| | cc. 01. על⸢ד⸣ב⸢ר⸣ [...] |
| | cc. 02. יבנון לי אף |
| | cc. 03. על מ⸢רי⸣ אלפא |
| | cc. 04. {טד |טר} ⸢מ⸣◦◦ {ש|ס}{ד|ר|ו}{כ|נ} |
| | cc. 05. ויעבד ל[י ]⸢א⸣[...] |
| | cc. 06. ויתעב[ד ...] |
| | cc. 07. ה[...] |
| | cv. 01. [...] אחיו[ ...] |
| | cv. 02. [...]ל אנת [...] |
| | cv. 03. [... יד]ניה ומל[כיה ...] |
| | cv. 04. [...]◦{ד|ר|ו} הא טעמ{י|א}[ ...] |
| | cv. 05. על עלוה ויחו{ו|כ|נ} [...] |
| | cv. 06. לא אכל אעל {ס|ב|כ}[...]
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1 | | עלדבר
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2 | | יבנונ לי אפ |
3 | | על מחר אלפא |
4 | | ... |
5 | | ויעבד ל...
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6 | | ויתעבד[ ...] |
7 | | ה
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אחיו
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2 | | ל אנת
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3 | | ניה ומל
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4 | | ◦◦ הא טעמי
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5 | | על עלוה ויחוונ
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6 | | לא אכל אעל ◦
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1 | | on ⸢account of⸣ [...]
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2 | | They should build for me. Moreover,
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3 | | ⸢en⸣ter to[morrow] the boat.
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4 | | ...
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5 | | and he shall make ⸢for⸣ ...[...]
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6 | | And it shall be do⸢n⸣[e ...]
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7 | | H[...]
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1 | | [...] ˀAḥyô[ ...]
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2 | | [...]L you (m.s.) [...]
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3 | | [... PN-]nyah and ML[...]
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4 | | [...]◦◦ Look! The decrees of/my decree [...]
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5 | | ⸢en⸣ter to him and they ⸢should⸣ show [...]
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6 | | I cannot enter ◦[...]
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 42505 |
man |
ˀAḥyô |
אחיו |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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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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-525 BCE -399 BCE |
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Literature
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Curtis, John E. & Tallis, Forgotten Empire: The world of Ancient Persia (2005). (cat. 314)
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Moore, James D., The Persian administrative process in view of an Elephantine ʾAršāma decree (TAD A6.2) (2020). (53-54)
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Porten, Bezalel & Yardeni, Ada, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, 4: Ostraca & assorted inscriptions. (D7.15)
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Segal, J.B., Miscellaneous fragments in Aramaic (1969). (173-4, pl. XXXVIIb-c)
| DatasetID |
307758 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
90998 |
| Author |
James D. Moore |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307758 (= Ostr. London, BM EA 133028), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore. |
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