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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Ostr. Berlin P. 10818 |
| Publication Number | inedit |
| Current Location | magazine | ostraca depository |
| Publication Permission Status | permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status | unpublished |
| 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 | archaeological excavation Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) | Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty: high |
| 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 | excavation finds |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution | between 1906 and |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty: high |
| Object Type | ostracon |
| Dating of Object | The 1st-3rd AH/ 7th - 9th CE centuries |
| Dating | between 641 and 913 |
| Criteria for Dating | Based on the paleography. |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | Broken off on all sides. |
| Localization of Text on Object | concave/convex (inside/outside) | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | An unknown amount of the text is missing due to the fragmentary nature of the piece. The ink on the concave and convex sides is faded in several places. Also, the text on the convex surface is greatly erased at the beginning, and the remaining words are at the end of the lines. | |
| Script, Primary | Arabic | |
| Language, Primary | Arabic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | Each text was written by a different hand, and neither of which use skilled hand. | |
| Comments on Text Layout | The remains of the text are on nearly the entire ostracon. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 6 | 6 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Modern Title | Private letter |
| Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown [not mentioned in text]) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | On the convex side, a business letter was recorded, mentioning the name of Muḥammad, his people and his arrival. Also, on the concave side a business letter about money and the boat is found. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 15800 | man | Muḥammad | محمد | Arabic |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| 21 AH | 641 CE | Based on the paleography.; |
| 310483_S1_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| 310483_S2_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID | 310483 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Author | Ahmed Kamal |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 310483 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10818), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal. |
