Ostr. Berlin P. P 12881

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. P 12881
Current Location	magazine
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Publication Status	unpublished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	(unknown) Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	(unknown) Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	(unknown)

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete
State 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
Language, Primary	Roman Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) ostracon, and was oriented along the right rim. The lower left crotch remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	140	0
Column Height (in mm)	70	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	140 x 70	0

Text Content

Modern Title	account
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachnoumis, son of Onnophris (P 12881)
Text Types	documentary \| account
Summary of Content	Acount written by Pachnoumis, son of Onnophris, to his priestly colleague Onnophris. The text deals with the counting of unguent, wine, and two unidentificable items (Agau, Noumys(?)).
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

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1	Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Wn-nfr pꜣ ḥm-nṯr(?) H̱nm ntı͗ hb
2	n Wn-nfr pꜣ ḥm-nṯr pꜣ ı͗p n gys mḥ wꜥ
3	ḫrš.w ¹I am indebted to F. Hoffmann for suggestions on this word. Regularly, ḫrš “bundle” should be written with plant determinative, not grain determinative, but see copt. Ⳃⲣⲁⳃ “bundle with grains”. See also Wb III 330:13 ḫršw with plural-grain-determinative; and the discussion of the root ḫrš in Vittmann, Pap. Rylands 9, II, 631. 6 gys ḏnf 15
4	ꜣgꜥw ²This word with the earth lump determinative is otherwise unknown. I am indented to R. Duttenheöfer for the suggestion of a connection with ἄκαυτος/ ἄκαυστος meaning “unfired”, but also “incombustible/fireproof”. This might be fitting with the earth lump determinative. 4 ḏnf
5	ky ꜣgꜥw 2 nwms(?) ḏnf 9
6	ı͗rp lgns 255 ḫrš ḏnf 7
7	r-nꜣy ı͗rp lgns 15 ḫrš /// 42
8	11

¹ I am indebted to F. Hoffmann for suggestions on this word. Regularly, ḫrš “bundle” should be written with plant determinative, not grain determinative, but see copt. Ⳃⲣⲁⳃ “bundle with grains”. See also Wb III 330:13 ḫršw with plural-grain-determinative; and the discussion of the root ḫrš in Vittmann, Pap. Rylands 9, II, 631.
² This word with the earth lump determinative is otherwise unknown. I am indented to R. Duttenheöfer for the suggestion of a connection with ἄκαυτος/ ἄκαυστος meaning “unfired”, but also “incombustible/fireproof”. This might be fitting with the earth lump determinative.

1	Pachnoumis, son of Onnophris, the priest(?) of Khnoum, is the one who sends
2	to Onnophris, the priest. The counting of unguent: fulfils one.
3	6 bundles. Unguent (by) estimate: 15
4	4 unfired clay vessels(?), (by) estimate: (number?)
5	Another 2 unfired clay vessels(?). noumys(?) (by) estimate: 9
6	Wine: 255 lagynos-jars. Bundles (by) estimate: 7
7	Total of these: Wine: 15 lagynos-jars. 42 bundles ⸢///⸣.
8	[///]⸢11⸣

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
38330	man	Onnophris (P 12881)	Wn-nfr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Roman Period				-30 BCE 211 CE	Date currently unclear.;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	310563
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 310563 (= Ostr. Berlin P. P 12881), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.