Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3169
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3169 |
| Publication Number |
O.Harv. 11 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| 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 |
find (unspecified)
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Haynes, H.W.
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine / Syene |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
7-8th century |
| Criteria for Dating |
palaeography |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
A fragmentary ostracon, broken off on left, at top and bottom. |
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) |
7 fragmentary lines of a text. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic Cursive |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Document hand. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+7+y |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
The text might be a private letter but it is hard to determine due to the fragmentary nature of the ostracon. Mention is made possibly of flax, and sending. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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x+1 | |
ϩⲱ|
x+2 | | ϩⲁⲙⲁϩⲉ|
x+3 | | ⲁⲉⲓϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ|
x+4 | | ϣ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ|
x+5 | | ⲙϩⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲉⲛⲁ ⲡ ⲉⲓⲁ|
x+6 | | ⲛ︦ϣⲉⲛⲉϩⲁ̣ⲟ̣|
x+7 | | ⲁϭⲓ ,
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x+1 | | (...) ...?...|
x+2 | | (...) for (?) flax|
x+3 | | (...) I sent them|
x+4 | | (...) now if|
x+5 | | (...) day ...?...|
x+6 | | (...) ...?...|
x+7 | | (...) ...?...
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Literature
| DatasetID |
312728 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Andrea Hasznos; Verena Lepper |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 312728 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3169), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos; Verena Lepper. |
