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Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5043

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5043
Current Location	Elephantine, excavation magazine SwissInst
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details	temple workshop H210 / building stratum a1
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Pilgrim, Cornelius von (excavation director) Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Aswan / Syene
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	excavation finds

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Upper and lower parts broken off.

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)	Upper and lower part broken off in undetermined extent.
Script, Primary	Demotic
Language, Primary	Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Medium line pitch. The right-aligned text covers nearly the entire (preserved) surface of the potsherd, with an unequal left margin.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+8+y	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	78	0
Column Height (in mm)	84	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	78 x x+84+y	0

Text Content

Modern Title	list of priests on-duty
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Text Types	documentary \| list \| name list
Summary of Content	List of names of priests on-duty in the temple, presumably the Chnoum temple.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

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x+1	¹Transcription and translation by Jan Moje.
x+2	Pꜣ-šr-pꜣ-wr sꜣ Pa-sny sꜣ Pa-Ḥr?
x+3	Ns-Ḥr sꜣ Pꜣ-ꜥnḫ
x+4	Pꜣ-šr-pꜣ-mr-ı͗ḥ sꜣ Ns-Ḥr sꜣ Pa-- ꜥnḫ
x+5	H̱nm-/// sꜣ Pa-sny
x+6	Pa-sny sꜣ
x+7	Pꜣ-
x+8

¹ Transcription and translation by Jan Moje.

x+1	⸢..?..⸣
x+2	Psenpoeris, son of Pasenis, son of Payris.
x+3	Esyris, son of Ponches.
x+4	Psenpelaias, son of Esyris, son of Pa..?..enchis.
x+5	Chnoum⸢///⸣, son of Pasenis.
x+6	Pasenis, son of ⸢..?..⸣.
x+7	Pa⸢..?..⸣.
x+8	⸢..?..⸣

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
23640	man	Chnoum⸢///⸣, son of Pasenis	H̱nm-⸢///⸣ sꜣ Pa-sny	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)				-332 BCE -222 BCE	Dating by archaeological context.;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	312207
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 312207 (= Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5043), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.