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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3773

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3773
Publication Number	P.AbdalLatīf Ostraca. 5
Current Location	Elephantine, excavation magazine DAI
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
Publication Status	published

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)	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: high

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating of Object	The 1st-3rd AH/ 7th-9th CE centuries
Dating	between 641 and 912
Criteria for Dating	According to ʿAbd al-Latīf.
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Broken on all sides.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex (inside/outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Text missing on all except for the upper side. Ink is faded in some places.
Script, Primary	Arabic
Language, Primary	Arabic
Comments on Handwriting	Each text was written by a different hand; the text on the concave appears to be from a skilled hand, while the text on the convex was most likely written by a less skilled hand. Dots and vowels aren't used.
Comments on Text Layout	The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) ostracon
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5	4
Quantity of Columns	1	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	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Text Types	documentary | letter
Summary of Content	Part of a private letter, the remaining is a standard opening, and a few words.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ʿAbdal-Latīf read the text on recto: 1 يصلك اطال الله بقاؤك وادام عزه 2 اليك سلامتك وانعمه عليك 3 سار به اليك حمل معه However, we can identify some of the missing words based on the parallels.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language

 

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Dates

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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Literature

• Muḥammad ʿAbd al-latīf, Dirāsa Āthāryya wa-Ḥadāryya li-Niṣuṣi Baʿḍ al-Shuqāfāt al-Fukhāryya min al-ʿAṣr al-Islāmī al-Mubakir (1–3 AH/ 7–9 CE) wa-Ālmuktashafa Ḥadīthan fī Jazyrat al-Fantaīn bi-Aswān (2016). (pp. 425-426, pl. 6-7.)

 

DatasetID	311264
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 311264 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3773), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal.