Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 35468 a
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 35468 a |
| Publication Number |
TAD D.7.29 |
| Publication Permission Status |
no permission for publication necessary |
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 |
excavation or purchase
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
(undecidable) |
| Mounting |
(unknown) |
| Comments on Object |
There are no known published photographs of the object. Handcopies may be found in Sayce, PSBA 31 (1909): 154-5 and TAD. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
concave (inside) |
| Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
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10 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Missive to Ḥaggay. Re: Marzeaḥ Silver |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
Letter tracking the Marzeaḥ silver payment. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: unknown) |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
1 Edition agrees with TAD.
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1 | | על חגי אמרת |
2 | | לאשינ על כספ |
3 | | מרזחא כנ אמר |
4 | | לי למ לאיתי |
5 | | כענ אנתננהי |
6 | | לחגי או |
7 | | יגדל דבר |
8 | | עלוהי |
9 | | וינתנהי |
10 | | לכמ
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1 | | To Ḥaggay. I spoke
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2 | | to ˀAšyan about the silver of
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3 | | the Marzeaḥ. Thus he said
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4 | | to me: "there is none.
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5 | | Now, I shall give it
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6 | | to Ḥaggay or
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7 | | Yigdol. Send (a person)
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8 | | to him,
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9 | | and he shall give it
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10 | | to you (m.p.)".
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| Lidzbarski_ESEIIIp119_ |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 42255 |
man |
Ḥaggay |
חגי |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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-525 BCE -399 BCE |
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Pictures
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| Lidzbarski_ESEIIIp119_ |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
308102 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
91012 |
| Author |
James D. Moore |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 308102 (= Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 35468 a), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore. |
