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Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.305 = 12.768.1632

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Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.305 = 12.768.1632
Publication Number P.Brook. 81 / P.Brookl. Dem. 180
Current Location magazine
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status partly published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery excavation or purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) “Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour.”
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution donation
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) (not relevant)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 1 and 99
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
State of Preservation (Text) Complete.
Script, Primary Late Demotic
Script, additional A Greek
Language, Primary Roman Demotic
Language, additional A Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
Comments on Text Layout Text sorted in columns by content.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 28 + 26 + 23 0
Quantity of Columns 3 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 0
Column Height (in mm) 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title Account from the Assuan quarries
Ancient Archives Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | account
Summary of Content bilingual account with Demotic written names, and amounts of money in Greek language and script, regarding work in the quarry
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Script = Language Bilingual
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
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11Transkription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Moje, of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer. I would like to thank Günter Vittmann for several remarks on the readings of the foreign names.wp.t nfr.t ꜥꜣ.t n ḥ.t-nṯr ẖr ḥsb.t 9 n ꜣntn
Col. I:1(Heading) nꜣ rmṯ.w (n) mw(?) 2For mw (cf. mw-bjn the cataract at Elephantine) the writing fits not very well, and also the divine determinative is a bit unusual, but this lemma must be an expression for the cataract at Elephantine. It remained mw here, for lack of an appropriate reading alternative.
Col. I:2Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Sbk X (ḥḏ qd) ½ X
Col. I:3Pa-ẖy(?) X 3Cf. LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 209 and 404. (ḥḏ qd) 1
Col. I:4Ḥtr ḫm X (ḥḏ qd) 1
Col. I:5Ḥtr (pꜣ) ꜥꜣ X (ḥḏ qd) 1 X
Col. I:6/// XX
Col. I:7Pꜣ-šr-Peremwn 4This Egyptian-Greek composite name is currently not attested, but cf. Erichsen, Demotisches Namenbuch 244 (Pꜣ-šr-Plmn „Psen-Polemon“ according to G. Vittmann (personal Email 29.5.2022) X 1
Col. I:8Gmṱ XX
Col. I:9Pa- XX
Col. I:10Lws XX
Col. I:11Sḫt(?) 5Cf. LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 959. XX
Col. I:12Wrš-nfr
Col. I:13Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Sbk pꜣ ḫm XX
Col. I:14Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Sbk pꜣy=f sn XX
Col. I:15Pa-Mn (sꜣ) Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Pa-Ptḥ(?) XX
Col. I:16Ḥr-Pr-Sge 6Cf. the name Pꜣ-rmṯ-pꜣ-sge..?.. once attested on an Roman ostracon (LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 1979-2000, 501), and the analysis of Zauzich, in Enchoria 15 (1987), 170. XX
Col. I:17Gepebwq(?) X
Col. I:18Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜣs.t sꜣ Pa-H̱nm(?) X
Col. I:19Wrše(?) X
Col. I:20 X 20
Vertical stroke
Col. I:21ꜣtwn X
Col. I:22Mhymws X (ḥḏ qd) ½
Col. I:23Lwghṱn(?) X●
Col. I:24Pꜣ-ꜣbw X
Col. I:25Pwnb X●
Col. I:26sẖ 7Already read by R. MAIRS, “Bilingual ‘Tagging’ of Financial Accounts in Demotic and Greek”, in: ZÄS 139 (2012), 38 – 45, here 41.
Col. I:27///
Col. I:2824
II
Col. II:1(Heading) nꜣ rmṯ.w (n) Swn
Col. II:2Wṱ Wṱr..?..r 8The scribe had started too far on the right side of the intended 2nd column, so that he would get in touch with the endings of the 1st column further down. He wiped out the first letters written and started left of them anew. sꜣ Hrwm(?) 9All six currently known names (TM name ID 4726) are for females. ḥḏ dbn 5 X ḥḏ qd ½ 10Contrary to Hughes et al, followed by Mairs, who read sw 2 „2nd day“.
Col. II:3Sptwrs X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:4Srpwn X ḥḏ qd ½
Col. II:5ꜣbyꜥngty (sꜣ) M ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:6ꜣbyꜥngty (sꜣ) Phlms X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:7ꜣntwnytlme X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:8Phrtb 11According to G. Vittmann (personal Email 29.5.2022), Φριτοβ seems to be a Greek phonetic rendering of the original Egyptian Pꜣ-ḥry-tp (Quagebeur in FS Fecht 1987, 368 – 392). X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:9ꜣwmwts X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:10ꜣrs X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:11H///qen ḥḏ qd 1 X
Col. II:12ꜣlyte 12This name is once attested in a Greek paprus dating AD 135 from Tebtynis: O. Montevecci, Papyri Bononiensis, Milano 1953, no. 24a, A 4. X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:13Bgw X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:14///ghwn X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:15ꜣn///ghe X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:16///n X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:17/// wsy X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:18ꜣpy///
Col. II:19ꜣtwn sꜣ Tmtrs X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:20ꜣpy ḥḏ qd ½ XX
Col. II:21Tywsqwrs (ḥḏ qd) ½ X
Col. II:22ꜣpyphꜣnyts(?) 13Proposal G. Vittmann (personal Email 29.05. 2022). X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:23Wꜣlyntywn X (ḥḏ qd) ½ X
Col. II:24Grꜣnywn X ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. II:25Pꜣlꜣgrts (ḥḏ qd) ½ X 24
Col. II:26Phylwmꜣns (ḥḏ qd) ½ X
III
Col. III:1(Heading) mı͗-nn
Col. III:2Pa-Ptḥ sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜣs.t ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. III:3Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r sꜣ Pꜣ- ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. III:4Hrwn ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. III:5Ns-mtr pꜣ ꜥꜣ sꜣ Glw
Col. III:6Sgl (ḥḏ qd) ½
Col. III:7Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r sꜣ
Col. III:8Pꜣ-dı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr ḥḏ qd ½

1 Transkription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Moje, of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer. I would like to thank Günter Vittmann for several remarks on the readings of the foreign names.
2 For mw (cf. mw-bjn the cataract at Elephantine) the writing fits not very well, and also the divine determinative is a bit unusual, but this lemma must be an expression for the cataract at Elephantine. It remained mw here, for lack of an appropriate reading alternative.
3 Cf. LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 209 and 404.
4 This Egyptian-Greek composite name is currently not attested, but cf. Erichsen, Demotisches Namenbuch 244 (Pꜣ-šr-Plmn „Psen-Polemon“ according to G. Vittmann (personal Email 29.5.2022)
5 Cf. LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 959.
6 Cf. the name Pꜣ-rmṯ-pꜣ-sge..?.. once attested on an Roman ostracon (LÜDDECKENS, Demotisches Namenbuch, 1979-2000, 501), and the analysis of Zauzich, in Enchoria 15 (1987), 170.
7 Already read by R. MAIRS, “Bilingual ‘Tagging’ of Financial Accounts in Demotic and Greek”, in: ZÄS 139 (2012), 38 – 45, here 41.
8 The scribe had started too far on the right side of the intended 2nd column, so that he would get in touch with the endings of the 1st column further down. He wiped out the first letters written and started left of them anew.
9 All six currently known names (TM name ID 4726) are for females.
10 Contrary to Hughes et al, followed by Mairs, who read sw 2 „2nd day“.
11 According to G. Vittmann (personal Email 29.5.2022), Φριτοβ seems to be a Greek phonetic rendering of the original Egyptian Pꜣ-ḥry-tp (Quagebeur in FS Fecht 1987, 368 – 392).
12 This name is once attested in a Greek paprus dating AD 135 from Tebtynis: O. Montevecci, Papyri Bononiensis, Milano 1953, no. 24a, A 4.
13 Proposal G. Vittmann (personal Email 29.05. 2022).
convex
Col. III:9νβ (ὀβολοὶ) δ
Col. III:10(δραχμαὶ) β, (γίνονται) νδ̣ (ὀβολοὶ) δ
convex
Col. III:11Ns-mtr(?)
Col. III:12Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-I͗mn
Col. III:13Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr
Col. III:14Pghs(?) ḥḏ qd ½ X
Col. III:15Srpwn sꜣ Bl
convex
Col. III:16Ἁθὺρ γ
Col. III:17Συηνῖται η (ὀβολὸς) α
Col. III:18Καταρακτῖται ιϛ
Col. III:19σκάφης (δραχμὴ) (δραχμαὶ) α (ὀβολὸς) α
Col. III:20λιθοφόροι δ̣ (ὀβολὸς) α̣
Col. III:21γείνονται (δραχμαὶ) κθ (ὀβολοὶ) γ
Col. III:22γείνονται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ (δραχμαὶ) πδ
Col. III:23ὧν Διον? (δραχμαὶ) κζ (ὀβολοὶ) β

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1Work of large embellishment of the temple concerning the 9th regnal year of Anton[inus] ⸢..?..⸣.
Col. I:1(Heading) The men (from) the cataract (≙ Kataraktites)
Col. I:2Petesouchis OK. ½ (kite) OK.
Col. I:3Pachois OK 1 (kite)
Col. I:4Hatres Juior OK 1 (kite)
Col. I:5Hatres Senior OK 1 (kite) OK
Col. I:6[[///]] OK OK
Col. I:7Psenphilemon OK 1 (kite)
Col. I:8Kametis OK OK
Col. I:9Pa..?.. OK OK
Col. I:10Lous OK OK
Col. I:11Sekhet(?) OK OK
Col. I:12Orsenouphis
Col. I:13Petesouchos Junior OK OK
Col. I:14Petesouchos, his brother OK OK
Col. I:15Pamenis, (son) of Petepathas(?) OK OK
Col. I:16Har-(en)Psiko OK OK
Col. I:17Gepebwq(?) OK
Col. I:18Petese, son of Pachnoumis(?) OK
Col. I:19Orseus(?) OK
Col. I:20..?.. OK. 20 (scil. names in total) Vertical stroke
Col. I:21Adon OK
Col. I:22Machimos(?) OK. ½ (kilver kite)
Col. I:23Lwghṱn(?) X●
Col. I:24Pebos OK
Col. I:25Pwnb..?.. X●
Col. I:26‘Finished’ noted.
Col. I:27[[///]]
Col. I:2824 (scil. names in total).
Col. II:1(Heading) The men (from) Syene (≙ Syenites):
Col. II:2[[Wṱ]] Wṱr..?..r, son of Rhome(?): 5 deben OK, ½ kite OK
Col. II:3Sopatros ..?.. OK, ½ kite OK
Col. II:4Sarapion: [_] ..?.. OK ½ kite
Col. II:5Epi..?.., (son) of M..?...: ½ kite OK
Col. II:6Epi..?.., (son) of Phlms: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:7Antin..?..tlme: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:8Phritop: OK [_] ½ kite OK
Col. II:9ꜣwmwts: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:10Areios: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:11H⸢///⸣q..?..en: 1 kite OK Col.
II:12Alyte: OK ½ kite OK Col.
II:13Begou..?..: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:14⸢///⸣ghoun OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:15A⸢n///⸣ghe: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:16⸢///⸣n: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:17⸢///w⸣sy ..?..: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:18Epi[[///]]
Col. II:19Adon, son of Demetrios: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:20Epi..?..: ½ kite OK OK
Col. II:21Dioskoros: ½ (kite) OK
Col. II:22Epiphanides(?): OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:23Valention: OK ½ (kite) OK
Col. II:24Kronion: OK ½ kite OK
Col. II:25Polykrates: ½ (kite) OK. 24 (names in total)
Col. II:26Philomenes: ½ (kite) OK
Col. III:1(Heading) Likewise:
Col. III:2Pathas(?), son of Petese: ½ kite OK
Col. III:3Petosiris, son of Pa-..?..: ½ kite OK
Col. III:4Heron: ½ kite OK
Col. III:5Espmetis Senior, son of Glu.
Col. III:6Seger: ½ (kite)
Col. III:7Petosiris, son of ..?..
Col. III:8Petosorsmetis: ½ kite ..?..
Col.III:9 52 dr. 4 ob.
Col.III:10 2 dr., = 54 dr. 4 ob.
Col.III:11Espmetis(?) ..?..
Col. III:12Pachnoumis, son of ..?.. Esamounis.
Col. III:13Petosorsmetis.
Col. III:14Pghs(?): ½ kite OK
Col. III:15Sarapion(?), son of Belles.
Col. III:16Hathyr 3
Col. III:17Syenites 8 dr. 1 ob.
Col. III:18Kataraktites 16 dr.
Col. III:19for a boat 1 dr. 1 ob.
Col. III:20stone bearers 4 dr. 1 ob.
Col. III:21= 29 dr. 3 ob.
Col. III:22= in total 84 dr.
Col. III:23of which Dion(ysios?) 27 dr. 2 ob.
Brook 16.580.305_S1_00
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Places (read out from edition)
  • Swn (places.xml#s7)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    42740 man ..?.. (O.Brook. 16.580.305) ..?.. (not identified)

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Antoninus Pius 09 145 CE 146 CE Internal dating, with name of the ruler.;

     

    Pictures

    Brook 16.580.305_S1_00
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310401
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 25311
    Papyri.info ddbdp/p.brook;;81
    Author Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek)
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310401 (= Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.305 = 12.768.1632), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek).