Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2684

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Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2684
Publication Number	P.AbdalLatīf Ostraca. 3
Current Location	Elephantine, excavation magazine DAI
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
Publication Status	published

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)	Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt 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 1969 and 2014
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty:

Localization of Text on Object	convex/concave (outside/inside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Text is missing on the concave upper left side, and on the convex right and top sides.
Script, Primary	Arabic
Language, Primary	Arabic
Comments on Handwriting	The same hand wrote on both sides. The writing isn't particularly nice, but it appears to be from a trained hand. Dots and vowels aren't used.
Comments on Text Layout	There is a free space on the left side and bottom of the convex, and the only written word on the concave is in the upper left corner.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5	1
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Height of Line / Letter

Modern Title	Private letter
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Part of a private letter, the remainder is a part of the usual opening, and a few words
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	No dots or vowels are used. ʿAbdal-Latīf read the word on concave twqʿ, but I think it tādfʿ.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language

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تدفع

convex

1	[///] and may God show you kindness
2	[and may he increase his bounty] and assistance unto thee!
3	[///] we will increase, for him
4	[///] they asked
5	[///] ..؟..

concave

1	[///] you pay [///]

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RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Arabic Period	21 AH			641 CE	According to ʿAbd al-Latīf, the date of this text can be placed in the 1st-3rd AH / 7th–9th CE centuries.;

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DatasetID	311262
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 311262 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2684), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal.