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Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59213

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59213
Publication Number	SB V 7575
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 1 and 199
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, Roman cursive, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Letter from Petesouchos to his brother Neilas
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| private
Summary of Content	Letter from Petesouchos to his brother Neilas, about bringing garments and an invitation to a festival
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	a festival is mentioned

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1	Πετεσοῦχος Νειλᾷ τῷ ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν.
2	ἔνεγκέ μοι κάλον λινοῦν
3	σὺν τῷ ἐπικαρσίωι· τὸ γὰρ
4	πρῶτον ἐπικάρσιον μικρόν
5	ἐστι· καὶ τὴν φασκίαν
6	ἔνεγκε· καὶ ἐλθὲ πρὸς
7	τὴν ἑορτήν.

convex

1	Petesouchos to Neilas my brother, greetings.
2	Bring me the fine linen
3	with the striped garment; for the
4	first striped garment is (too?) small;
5	and bring the band,
6	and come to
7	the festival.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
24995	man	Neilas (brother of Petesouchos)	Νειλᾷ	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

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

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Literature

Bilabel, Friedrich & Kiessling, Emil, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten V (Nr. 7515-8963 nebst ausführlichem Index) (1934). (7575)
Jouguet, P. & Guéraud, O., Ostraca grecs d'Eléphantines (1933). (444-445, no. 2.)

DatasetID	309112
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	25301
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;5;7575
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309112 (= Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59213), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.