Ostr. Paris, Louvre AF 12559
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre AF 12559 |
| Publication Number |
Etudes coptes VII 25 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
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 |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Clermont-Ganneau, Charles
Certainty: high |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
5-7th cent. CE |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Fragmentary ostracon with parts missing on the right, left and at bottom. |
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) |
Five fragmentary lines are preserved. Each line is incomplete, and an unknown number of lines is missing. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Practised document hand. Supralinear stroke used. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5+x |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| Summary of Content |
Someone (name missing) is writing to Praipositos acknowledging his debt. The debtor is a soldier (?) of the unit (arithmos) (of Elephantine). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Christianity |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | (...) of the unit (arithmos)|
2 | | (am writing) to Praipositos|
3 | | (...I) owe you (...)|
4 | | (... without disp)ute as (...) |
5 | | ...(...)
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| Louvre AF_12559_1_S1_0 |
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| Louvre AF_12559_2_S2_0 |
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| Louvre AF_12559_S1_002 |
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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 |
| 17570 |
man |
Praipositos B |
ⲡⲣⲁⲓⲡⲟ[ⲥⲓⲧⲟⲥ] |
Coptic |
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Pictures
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| Louvre AF_12559_2_S2_0 |
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| Louvre AF_12559_S1_002 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
308338 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
85003 |
| Author |
Andrea Hasznos |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 308338 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre AF 12559), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos. |
