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Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5069

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5069
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Publication Status unpublished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 a3
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 complete
State of Preservation Complete.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
State of Preservation (Text) Faded.
Script, Primary Early Demotic
Language, Primary Early Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the complete surface of the potsherd.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 4 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 62 0
Column Height (in mm) 44 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 62 x 44 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title ostracon with unclear content
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content Content unclear due to the heavily faded condition of the text.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Nectanebo II -359 BCE -341 BCE Dating by archaeological context.;

 

Pictures

46702G_a-38_o5069_S1_0
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315511
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 315511 (= Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 5069), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.