Ostr. Paris, Louvre AF 12678
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre AF 12678 |
| Publication Number |
AFP 58, 360 |
| 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: low |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Clermont-Ganneau, Charles
Certainty: high |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
5-7th cent. CE |
| 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) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Eight lines of text, the last line is basically missing, other lines are also partly damaged. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Document hand, cursive with ligatures. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | contract
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| Summary of Content |
Lease contract for a room in a house between Sulaiman son of Georg (tenant) and Jannia daughter of Athanasi. Tybi 24, indiction 10. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium) |
| Comments on Text |
Date and signature are Greek formulae, but it is a Coptic text. |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
Lessee (tenant) is a man, lessor is a woman. |
| Religion |
Islam |
| Comment on Religion |
Lessee and probably also lessor seem to be converts to Islam, originally Coptic, as also their fathers` names suggest and the fact that they are writing this contract in Coptic rather than Arabic. |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | // ϩⲙ︦ⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙ︦ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲡⲁⲛⲧⲱⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ ⲉⲅⲣⲁⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ
ⲙⲙⲉⲛⲏ
ⲧⲩⲧⲩⲃⲓ ⲕⲇ ⲓⲇⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲱⲛⲟⲥ ⲧⲉⲕⲁⲧⲉⲥ|
2 | | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲥⲟⲩⲗⲁⲓⲙⲁⲛ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲅⲉⲟⲣⲅ ⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ︦ⲓⲁⲛⲛⲓⲛⲁ ⲧϣⲉⲣⲉ ⲙ︦|
3 | | ⲡⲥⲁϩ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓ ⲭⲁⲣⲉⲓⲛ ⲧⲓϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲕⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲣⲡ︦ⲥϩⲁⲓ|
4 | | ϫⲉ ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲥⲑⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲛⲧⲣⲉⲓ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲏ ϩⲙ︦ⲡⲟⲩⲏⲓ ϩⲁⲟⲩ|
5 | | ⲧⲉⲣϩⲁⲙ ⲉⲧⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ϫⲓⲛⲙ︦ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲡϫⲱⲕ|
6 | | ⲛ︦ⲛⲧⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲛ︦ⲛⲁⲧⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛ︦ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛ︦ⲛⲁⲙⲫⲟⲓⲃⲟ|
7 | |
ⲗⲉⲓⲁ ⲉⲩⲱⲣϫ︦ ⲛⲏ ⲁⲓⲥⲙⲛ︦ⲧⲓⲙⲓⲥⲑⲓⲥ ⲧⲓⲥⲧⲟⲓⲭⲥⲧⲟⲓⲭⲉⲓ
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8 | | ⲇⲓ ⲉⲙⲟⲩ ... ⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲉⲅⲣⲁⲫⲏ
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1 | | In the name of God Almighty. Written on Tybi 24, indiction 10.|
2 | | I, Sulaiman son of Georg, am writing to Jannina daughter of |
3 | | the master Athanasi. Greetings. I, the aforementioned, acknowledge|
4 | | that I rent from you the room which is in your house, for|
5 | | one dirham a year, from today until the end|
6 | | of the year, without any dispute.|
7 | | As surety (guarantee) for you I have issued this misthosis (lease contract), and I agree.|
8 | | Writ(ten by me ...)
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309553 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
172221 |
| Author |
Andrea Hasznos |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309553 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre AF 12678), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos. |
