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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0394

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0394
Publication Number O.Eleph. DAIK 348
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 1 and 199
Criteria for Dating palaeography
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left, bottom and right

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, bottom and right
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, roman cursive, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title letter
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Letter from Alexandros?, mentioning a ship
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Comments on Text ok (small change)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1 -?- Ἀλεξανδρ -?-
2 -?- χαίρειν ̣ -?-
3 -?- ωτενισει -?-
4 -?- καὶ δευεσω -?-
5 -?- ̣ε̣ καταλαβῖν 1 l. καταλαβεῖ[ν] -?-
6 -?- μοι φάσιν ὅτι πλο̣ -?-
7 -?- σις ἐρτῖν 2 l. ἐλθεῖν· ἰδὲ παντ ̣ -?-
8 -?- ̣ ̣ ̣ -?-
y-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

1 l. καταλαβεῖ[ν]
2 l. ἐλθεῖν
convex
1--- Alexandr- ---
2--- greeting. ---
3--- ? ---
4--- and I will ---
5--- get ---
6--- to me news, that the ship ---
7 --- come. See to it, that all ---
8---
y-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
0394_S1_001
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Eleph_394_S1_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
33205 man Alexandros (letter) Ἀλεξανδρ - Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
1 CE 199 CE palaeographical dating;

 

Pictures

0394_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
Eleph_394_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 308940
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 26332
Papyri.info ddbdp/p.eleph.wagner;1;348
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 308940 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0394), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.