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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0233 + 0237 + 0252 + 0253

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0233 + 0237 + 0252 + 0253
Publication Number O.Eleph. DAIK 096
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: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt
Certainty: high
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 100 and 200
Criteria for Dating paleography
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left and top

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 top and left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+12
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Private letter
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Letter concerning a horse and the sending of certain persons.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
x+1 -?- ̣οτη -?-
x+2 -?- σα ἐπʼ ὀνόμ̣α-
x+3τος̣ Ἱέ̣ρ̣ακος ἵππο̣ν
x+4περικαλλῆ αὐθαιρεω̣ς 1 l. αὐθαιρέτως
x+5ὠνηθέντα εἰς ὄνο-
x+6μα αὐτοῦ καὶ πέμψατε
x+7αὐτο 2 l. αὐτὸν διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Καρού-
x+8ριος. Παμύθην υἱὸν Ἐ-
x+9σουήριος ἀναγκαίως
x+10πέμψατ̣ε̣ ταχέως
x+11διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Καροῦρ.
x+12ἐρρῶσ̣θ̣αι σ̣ε̣ εὔχομαι.

1 l. αὐθαιρέτως
2 l. αὐτὸν
convex
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1---
x+2I have --- on the name
x+3of Hierax, a horse,
x+4very beautiful, with his full consent
x+5bought on the name
x+6of his, and send
x+7it through the same
x+8Karouris. (Send) Pamythes, son of
x+9Esoueris, urgently,
x+10send him fast
x+11through the same Karour.
x+12I wish you well.
DAIK 0233_S1_001
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Eleph_237+252+253+233_
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Eleph_237+innen_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
18810 man Hierax (Eleph DAI 233) Ἱέρακος Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
100 CE 200 CE palaeographical dating;

 

Pictures

DAIK 0233_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
Eleph_237+252+253+233_
Reserved Copyright
Eleph_237+innen_S2_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 308715
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 29838
Papyri.info ddbdp/p.eleph.wagner;1;96
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 308715 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0233 + 0237 + 0252 + 0253), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.