Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 35468 b
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 35468 b |
| Publication Number |
TAD D.7.45 |
| 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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
(undecidable) |
| Mounting |
(unknown) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex/concave (outside/inside) |
| Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
6 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Fragmentary Missive. Re: Barley. |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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Edition agrees with TAD.
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1 | | ... |
2 | | הנ תכל תהכ עמהמ |
3 | | ◦לחמה אזל מטא |
4 | | [...]... א...[...] |
5 | | [...]◦תא רבתא[...] |
6 | | [...]◦ט[...]
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1 | | הושר לי שערנ |
2 | | קב 𐡘 ושחלינ טב Either TAD assumes טב is grammatically incorrect or RES and Lidzbarski should be followed. They see "to send" written erroneously. Perhaps we can read ושלח לי בטב "and send to me in goodness". Note that "in goodness" is an expression found in the Darius inscruption (verso i 6). |
3 | | כסא זעירא
1 Either TAD assumes טב is grammatically incorrect or RES and Lidzbarski should be followed. They see "to send" written erroneously. Perhaps we can read ושלח לי בטב "and send to me in goodness". Note that "in goodness" is an expression found in the Darius inscruption (verso i 6).
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1 | | ...
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2 | | If you are able to go with them.
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3 | | ◦l⸢ḥmh⸣ go (and) arrive (at)
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4 | | [...]... ˀ...[...]
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5 | | [... ]the large [...]◦Tˀ[ ...]
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6 | | [...]◦Ṭ[...]
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1 | | Sent me barley
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2 | | 1 qab and (a?) good cress
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3 | | (according to) the little cup.
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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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Literature
| DatasetID |
308103 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
91040 |
| Author |
James D. Moore |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 308103 (= Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 35468 b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore. |
