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Ostr. Berlin P. 12269

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 12269
Publication Number inedit
Current Location magazine | ostraca depository
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

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 1907 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Borchardt, Ludwig
Certainty: high

Object

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.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object concave (inside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) Unknown amount of text is missing due to the fragmentary nature of the piece, The ink is faded /rubbed in several places, thus text is difficult to see.
Script, Primary Arabic
Language, Primary Arabic
Comments on Handwriting Semi-skilled hand
Comments on Text Layout The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) ostracon.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Private letter
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Part of a Private letter, just a few letters remains.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text Dots didn't used, just a few letters remains
Multilingualism Script = Language Monolingual

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
concave
1 تكمل
2‮‬‬ ان شاء الله
3‮‬‬ فاكتب
4‮‬‬ و
5‮‬‬ احمد
concave
1[///] complete [///]
2[///] if God is willing [///]
3[///] write [///]
4[///] and [///]
5[///] Aḥmad [///]
310489_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
310489_S2_001
Reserved Copyright
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
21 AH 641 CE Based on the paleography.;

 

Pictures

310489_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
310489_S2_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 310489
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 310489 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12269), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal.