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Ostr. Oxford, Private Collection Sayce X

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Oxford, Private Collection Sayce X
Publication Number	Crum ST 333
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]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Left side and probably upper and bottom part broken off.

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)	Beginning of lines missing, probably also beginning and end of text.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	11
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	One person is writing to several others (second person plural). Both sides are (or should be) sending and receiving things, praying is mentioned. Writer trusts addressees.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language

Text

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convex

1	ⲛ︦ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲏϫⲁ︦ⲩ︦ⲟⲩ︦ⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ
2	ⲁⲣⲏ︦ⲥ︦ · ϯⲱ︦ⲱⲥⲕ︦ · ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲉⲓ · ⲉ︦ⲥ︦ ⲥⲛⲱ
3	ⲁⲓϫⲁⲩⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ· ⲛ︦ⲏⲧⲛ︦ · ϣⲁ︦ⲛⲧⲓⲁⲡⲁⲛ︦
4	ϯⲛⲁϭⲟ ⲡ︦ⲉⲧ︦ⲛ︦ⲏϩⲏ︦ⲧ︦· ⲛ︦·ⲁ︦ϩⲓⲥⲉ· ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛ
5	ⲛ︦ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲏⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉ︦ⲭ︦ⲏ· ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲏϫⲓ ⲧⲁⲁⲛⲛⲱ
6	ⲛⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲱ︦ⲧ ⲟ︦ⲛ ⲧ︦ⲁⲡⲓⲑⲉ ⲙⲱⲧⲛ︦
7	ⲧⲟⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲓ︦ⲧⲛ︦ϩⲟⲩⲛ︦· ⲙ︦ⲡⲁⲏⲉⲓ︦
8	ϯϯ ⲙ︦ⲙⲟϥ · ϯϫⲓ ⲁⲛⲛⲱ
9	¹following lines are at right angles: ⲉ ⲛ ⲛ︦ⲧⲉⲉⲓⲇⲉⲩⲧⲉ
10	ⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲣⲓⲧ
11	ϯⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ

¹ following lines are at right angles:

convex

1	(...) and you (pl.) shall send it to me because
2	(...) to south (?), I continue (?) and come to (...)
3	(...) I have sent them to you (pl.), until I meet
4	(...) I shall trust you (pl.) and toil for your
5	(...) and you (pl.) shall pray and receive (...?...)
6	(...) I myself, furthermore, shall trust you (pl.)
7	(...?...) my house,
8	I give it, I get ...?...
9	...?... second (?)
10	(...) inside (...)
11	(...) this year.

Places (read out from edition)

Literature

Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyr (1921). (333)

DatasetID	308359
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	83651
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 308359 (= Ostr. Oxford, Private Collection Sayce X), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.