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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2171 + 2172

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2171 + 2172
Publication Number O.Eleph. DAIK 370
Current Location magazine Assuan
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 400 and 599
Criteria for Dating palaeography
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation joined of two fragments, broken at top and right

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object concave (inside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) broken at top and right
Script, Primary Greek
Script, additional A Coptic Cursive
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A Coptic
Comments on Handwriting byzantine cursive, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+4, x+2
Quantity of Columns 2
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Account of money
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | account
Summary of Content List of names and amounts of nomismatia
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. a second fragment 2172 was joined which contains coptic
Multilingualism Script = Language Bilingual
Gender Man
Religion Christianity

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
concave
1
x-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
x+1Ἀ̣λαμ̣[ -?- νομισματίου] (ἥμισυ)
x+2Ἰσὰκ Παὰμ νομισματίου (ἥμισυ)
x+3Ἀθανάσιος νομισμάτια β 1ed. κ (ἥμισυ)
x+4Εἰζεκίας 2 l. Ἐζεκίας νομισματίου (ἥμισυ) ̣ ̣ ̣

1 ed. κ
2 l. Ἐζεκίας
concave
2
x-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
x+1ⲗⲁⲩⲉϥ
x+2ⲙⲏⲧⲛ̣︦ϣ
concave
1
x-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
x+1Alamon(?) --- 1/2 nomismation
x+2Isak, son of Paam, 1/2 nomismation
x+3Athanasios 2 1/2 nomismatia
x+4Ezekias 1/2 (+?) nomismation
2
x-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
x+1textile material (?)
x+2 ...?...
Eleph_2171-72_S1_001
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Eleph_2171-72außen_S2
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
33615 man Athanasios (el. 370) Ἀθανάσιος Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
400 CE 599 CE palaeographical dating;

 

Pictures

Eleph_2171-72_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
Eleph_2171-72außen_S2
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 308962
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 35815
Papyri.info ddbdp/p.eleph.wagner;1;370
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 308962 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2171 + 2172), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.