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Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5047

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5047
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Publication Status unpublished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 a2
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 Lateral parts broken off in undetermined extent.

Text Basic Information

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) All line beginnings and endings broken off in undetermined extent.
Script, Primary Middle Demotic
Language, Primary Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Wide line pitch. Layout undetectable due to the fragmentary condition.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3+y 2+y
Quantity of Columns 1 1
Line Lenght (in mm) 50 x+33+y
Column Height (in mm) 30 26+y
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance x+50+y x 30+y x+33+y x 26+y

 

Text Content

Modern Title ostracon with unclear content
Ancient Archives administrative archive of unclear context
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content Content unclear due to fragmentary condition. Mention of at least one male and offerings(?).
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
11Transcription and translation by Jan Moje. Ns-pꜣ-mtr-sꜣ Pa-sny
2 pꜣ ḥtp(?) ı͗w=w
3

1 Transcription and translation by Jan Moje.
concave
cc1 ḥsb.t 2 Ns-pꜣ-mtr
cc2
convex
1Espmetis, son of Pasenis [///]
2..?.. the offering(?). If they [///]
3[///]⸢..?..⸣ [///]
concave
cc1[///] 2nd regnal year ⸢..?..⸣ Espmetis
cc2[///]⸢..?..⸣

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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
27020 man Espmetis, son of Pasenis Ns-pꜣ-mtr-sꜣ Pa-sny pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) 02 -332 BCE -222 BCE Dating by archaeological context. Dating by palaeography.;

 

Pictures

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315496
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 315496 (= Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5047), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).