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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Ostr. Berlin P. 11281 |
| 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| Publication Status | unpublished |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) | Zucker, Friedrich (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 1908 and |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | Zucker, Friedrich (excavation director) Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty: high |
| Object Type | ostracon |
| Dating of Object | 272 AH / 17th June 885 - 6th June 886 CE |
| Dating | between 885 and 886 |
| Criteria for Dating | Date in the text. |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | Broken on all sides except for the upper side, where the original rim can be seen. |
| Localization of Text on Object | convex (outside) | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Parts of the text are missing on the right side, and maybe at the bottom as well. | |
| Script, Primary | Arabic | |
| Language, Primary | Arabic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | The letters are relatively big and written by a by a practiced hand. Dots aren't used. The letter nūn written like rā. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 2 | |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | |
| Modern Title | Account |
| Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown [not mentioned in text]) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | An account from the year 272 AH / 885-886 CE. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Script = Language Monolingual |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||
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| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| 272 AH | 885 June 17 CE 886 June 6 CE | Date in the text. This date is in the period of the second Fatimid caliphs, Abū Manṣūr Nizār al-'Azīz bi-llāh (975–996 CE).; |
| 310485_S1_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| 310485_S2_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID | 310485 |
| 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 310485 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 11281), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal. |
