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Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3143

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3143
Publication Number SB XIV 11921
Current Location Cambridge, Harvard, Houghton Library
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: low
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating of Object ca. 200 B.C.E.
Dating between -200 and
Criteria for Dating palaeography
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at right and bottom

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 at right and bottom
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Account of grain
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | account
Summary of Content Account, ca. 0200 B.C.E. In Greek. 6.2 x 7.5 cm. Fragmentary account.
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. l. 2: py(rou), l. 3: kr(ithes)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Αξβ (ἥμισυ) ο -?-
2πυροῦ 1ed. γύης(?) ιε ρ ̣ -?-
3κριθῆς 2ed. ἀρταβ (?) ̣ ̣ -?-
3+y- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1 ed. γύης(?)
2 ed. ἀρταβ (?)
convex
116062 1/2 ---
2of wheat 15 ---
3of barley ---
3+y- - - - - - - - - -
Harvard_3143_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
Harvard_3143-2_S1_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
8060 not applicable (No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text) (No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text) (none)

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
-200 BCE palaeographical dating;

 

Pictures

Harvard_3143_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
Harvard_3143-2_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 309518
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 4273
Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;14;11921
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer; Verena Lepper
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309518 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3143), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Verena Lepper.