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Ostr. Cairo SB Kopt. JdE 68678

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Cairo SB Kopt. JdE 68678
Publication Number	SB Kopt. 2 838
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: medium
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty: medium
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty: medium
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 500 and 700
Range of Preservation	incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex/concave (outside/inside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The text is but fragmetarily preserved, lower part of the ostracon is missing.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	Practised document hand.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6+x	6+x
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Ostracon with text on both sides. Only a vague interpretation of the texts can be gained as both sides are fragmentary. Concave: Philamon the sailor from Elephantine addresses Tsaoua from Tape (Ape? = Luxor), and a textile (head-cloth material, linen? phakiarion) and an item of copper are mentioned. Convex: Maria, mother of (possibly the same) Tsaoua is greeted, then Tsaoua, her daughter (name lost), Psosh, and someone`s brother (name lost). Injunction to give something.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Woman Man
Comment on Gender	Woman is addressee, the sender (man) gets her some linen, greets further women as well

Text

Transcription

Translation

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concave

1	ϯ ⲫⲓⲗⲁⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲛⲉϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲣⲱⲙ ⲛ︦ⲓ̈ⲏⲃ
2	ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲥⲁⲟⲩⲁ ⲧⲣⲱⲙ ⲧⲁⲡⲉ
3	ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲫⲁⲕⲓⲁⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ
4	ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ︦
5	ⲉⲧⲛⲁ
6	ⲉ

convex

1	ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲧⲙⲱ ⲛ︦ⲧⲥⲁⲩⲁ ϯϣ
2	ⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲥⲁⲩⲁ ⲙⲛ︦ ⲧⲉⲥϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ
3	ⲡⲥⲱϣ ⲙⲛ︦ ⲡⲉⲥⲥⲟⲛ ⲥ
4	ϯ ⲡⲉϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ ...
5	ⲙⲉ
6	.

concave

1	Philamon the sailor from Elephantine
2	greets Tsaoua from Tape
3	(...) which I (...) head-cloth material (linen) for you (s.2.fem.)
4	(...) of copper
5	(...) which will
6	(...)

convex

1	I greet Maria well, the mother of Tsaoua, I
2	greet Tsaua and her daughter (...)
3	Psosh and brother S(...)
4	give the twenty(...)
5	...?...
6	(...)

Places (read out from edition)

ⲓ̈ⲏⲃ (places.xml#s3)

ⲧⲁⲡⲉ (places.xml#s148)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
16895	woman	Maria B	ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ	Coptic

Literature

Engelbach, R., A Coptic Ostracon Mentioning Ieb (Elephantine) (1938). ()
Hasitzka, Monika, Koptisches Sammelbuch II (1993). (838)
Porten, Bezalel, The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change (1996). (E18)

DatasetID	309357
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	85257
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309357 (= Ostr. Cairo SB Kopt. JdE 68678), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.