Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3144
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3144 |
| Current Location |
Cambridge, Harvard, Houghton Library |
| 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unpublished |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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Left and lower parts broken off in undetermined extent. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Lower part and all line endings broken off in undetermined extent. |
| Script, Primary |
Late Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Roman Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, with small right margin, following the shape of the potsherd, and an broad upper margin.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
9+y |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
50 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
60 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
50+y x 60+y |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
account of money payment |
| Ancient Archives |
administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
Pachnoumis, son of Onnophris, confirms about the payment of money, the total amount counts 6 stater in the 6th regnal year. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Lower Egypt, 14th nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Wn-nfr pꜣ nty ḏd ı͗.ı͗r
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2 | | pꜣ ḥḏ qd 1.t n H̱nm nty
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3 | | tw=y ꜥš r.ı͗r=k tw=y
m-sꜣ=k
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4 | | šsp tꜣ sttr 1.t mtw wn
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5 | | r nꜣy(-ḥḏ) sttr 6.t ḥsb.t 6 ı͗bd 1 ⸢ꜣḫ.t⸣
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6 | | sꜣ
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7 | | rd(?) ḏı͗=y
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8 | | pꜣ ḥḏ qd 1.t n H̱nm
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1 | | Pachnoumis, son of Onnophris [is the one who speaks: Concerning] |
2 | | the 1 silver kite of Chnoum, which ⸢..?..⸣[///:] |
3 | | I am citing you. I have [claim on you for] |
4 | | receiving the 1 stater, which owns ⸢..?..⸣[///] |
5 | | Total amount: 6 stater. 6th regnal year, [///]th of Thot [///] |
6 | | ..?.., son of ..?.. [///] |
7 | | attorney(?). I have caused ⸢..?..⸣[///] |
8 | | The 1 silver kite of Chnoum[///] |
9 | | ⸢..?..⸣ [///]
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Roman Period |
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-30 BCE 211 CE |
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Pictures
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
310990 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Jan Moje; Verena Lepper |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 310990 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3144), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Verena Lepper. |
