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Ostr. Wimborne Minster, Private collection Bankes 112

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Wimborne Minster, Kingston Lacy estate, private collection John Bankes
Inventory Number	Ostr. Wimborne Minster, Private collection Bankes 112
Publication Number	O.Bankes 79 descr.
Current Location	Wimborne Minster, Kinston Lacy
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
Publication Status	partly 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	find (unspecified) Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Bankes, William John Certainty:
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	old stock
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1815 and 1818
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	(not relevant) Certainty:

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 100 and 199
Criteria for Dating	palaeography
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken on all sides

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 on all sides
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Fragment of a receipt
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary | receipt
Summary of Content	Fragment of receipt
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	unknown

 

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