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Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59212

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59212
Publication Number	SB V 7574
Current Location	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
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)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	excavation finds
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Simon, James Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between -199 and -100
Criteria for Dating	palaeography
Range of Preservation	complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic cursive, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Letter from Stratonikos to Senchnoubis, his wife
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| private
Summary of Content	Letter from Stratonikos to his wife Senchnoubis about resolving a debt issue.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	l.2: semeion??? image? translation from papyri.info
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Woman Man
Comment on Gender	Letter from husband to wife
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	Στρατόνικος Σενχνούβει τῆι
2	γυναικὶ χαίρειν. σημεῖον
3	ὅτε εἶπα ¹ l. εἶπον σοι λυτρῶσαι τὸν καινὸν
4	χιτῶνα ἀπὸ τῶν χαλκῶν.
5	γίνωσκε ὅτι ἔχ\ω/ σ̣. δὸς αὐτοῖς
6	τὴν συνχώρησιν ἐκ τῆς
7	θυρίδος τῆς προστάδος.

¹ l. εἶπον

convex

1	Stratonikos to Senchnoubis, my
2	wife, greetings. The sign (scil. that this comes from me) is this:
3	when I said to you to redeem the new
4	chiton with the money.
5	Know that I have 200 (drachmas). Give to them
6	the agreement from the
7	window-sill in the vestibule.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
24985	woman	Senchnoubis, wife of Stratonikos	Σενχνούβει	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-199 BCE -100 BCE	palaeographical dating;

Literature

Bilabel, Friedrich & Kiessling, Emil, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten V (Nr. 7515-8963 nebst ausführlichem Index) (1934). (7574)
Jouguet, P. & Guéraud, O., Ostraca grecs d'Eléphantines (1933). (443, no. 1.)

DatasetID	309111
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	6236
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;5;7574
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309111 (= Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59212), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.