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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4623 (Alt. O 4638)

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4623 (Alt. O 4638)
Publication Number Röllig, DAIK 36, no. 37
Current Location Elephantine, excavation magazine DAI
Comments on Inventory It is unclear why the DAI catalogue and Röllig's numbers differ.

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine / Syene () [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details Fund-Nr. 38800
Ancient Provenance District Lower Egypt, 1st nome (Memphites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Lower Egypt, 1st nome (Memphites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object concave (inside)
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting Cursive. Thick stylus.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6

 

Text Content

Modern Title Inscription on Sherd
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Letter from Obadiah, a superior, to Ahio, a subordinate instructing him to lead Yatpud/r to Nuri-el (his ?!) father and the (royal) officer.
Comments on Text ליתפ{ד|ר} : What Röllig sees as the second vertical of a מ is the remnants of the head of the {ד|ר} as the writer lifts his pen up and towards himself. The last line is difficult. Röllig reads ˀOšeaˁ with serious doubt. נראל: Alternatively read נמאל though this is less likely.
Gender Child Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
concave
1Röllig reads: 1. כפנ [◦]בס?י 2. לאה⸣יו⸢ 3. כעת דבר 4. ליתפמ בר 5. אושע לנר!אל 6. אושע ◦◦◦
1מנ עבדיה
2על אהיו
3כעת דבר
4ליתומ בר
5אושע למעבד
6אופשרא אזל

1 Röllig reads: 1. כפנ [◦]בס?י 2. לאה⸣יו⸢ 3. כעת דבר 4. ליתפמ בר 5. אושע לנר!אל 6. אושע ◦◦◦
R
1From ˁObadyah
2to ˀAḥyo.
3Now, ride to
4Yatôm son of
5ˀOšeaˁ to make/do
6the upačāra. ⸢Go!⸣
DAI_O4638_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
28905 man Ahio אהיו Aramaic, Imperial

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
27th dynasty ;

 

Pictures

DAI_O4638_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315562
last Change 29.07.2022
Author James D. Moore
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 315562 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4623 (Alt. O 4638)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.