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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1186

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1186
Publication Number	O.Eleph. DAIK 089
Current Location	Elephantine, excavation magazine DAI
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:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 170 and 200
Criteria for Dating	paleography
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at right and 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)	broken at left and bottom
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, roman, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5+y
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	order for payment of the temple administration
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Currently unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary | Order for payment or delivery
Summary of Content	order of Pouebis and --- the prostatai of Neilammon and ? to --- the gardener, to pay out an unknown product or sum.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. l. 2-3 name of god Neilammon supplied.
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	temple Administration Elephantine roman

 

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