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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Ostr. Berlin P. 12275 |
| 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| Publication Status | unpublished |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 1907 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 on all sides except for small parts in right, left, and bottom, where the original rim can be seen. |
| Comments on Object | The surface has remnants of dirt, which cover the letters and make reading difficult. The piece is broken into two parts and has been glued together. |
| Localization of Text on Object | concave (inside) | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome brown | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Text is missing on the bottom, right and left side, the ink is faded /rubbed in several places, thus text is difficult to see. | |
| Script, Primary | Arabic | |
| Language, Primary | Arabic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | Letters relatively big, probably a not very practiced hand. | |
| Comments on Text Layout | The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) ostracon; without lateral margins. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 5 | |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Modern Title | Receipt for payment or delivery |
| Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown [not mentioned in text]) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | Receipt for payment or delivery; The name ʿAbdallāh mentioned in the first and second lines, and money was mentioned in the third line |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text | Dots didnt use |
| Multilingualism | Script = Language Monolingual |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Islam |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 15950 | man | ʿAbdallāh | عبد الله | Arabic |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| 21 AH | 641 CE | Based on the paleography.; |
| 310490_S1_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| 310490_S2_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID | 310490 |
| 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 310490 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12275), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal. |
