Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4643

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4643
Publication Number	Röllig, DAIK 36, no. 39
Current Location	Elephantine, excavation magazine DAI

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]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	excavation finds

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex (inside/outside)
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Standard 5th century hand.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7	6
Height of Line / Letter

Modern Title	Inscription on Sherd
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Instructions to send items, KBṢ and the sender's tunic.
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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concave

¹Röllig: 1. הושרו קפיר 2. וימלאהי לכמ 3. כבצ אפ מאנ 4. לבקלא כענ ה⸢ ג⸣ 5. יהכ מענ [...]◦ טש ◦[...] .6 ◦[...] .7

¹ Röllig: 1. הושרו קפיר 2. וימלאהי לכמ 3. כבצ אפ מאנ 4. לבקלא כענ ה⸢ ג⸣ 5. יהכ מענ [...]◦ טש ◦[...] .6 ◦[...] .7

convex

¹ פ = Note: R

concave

1	Send (m.p.) ⸢the⸣ pot!
2	and he shall fill it for you (m.p.)
3	{(with) KBṢ \| (with) thorns ¹perhaps produce with thorns or from a thorny plant, e.g. Ziziphus spina ?} , also a vessel
4	for the legumes. Now,
5	Maˁuzyah must go
6	[...]◦ŠṬ◦[...]
7	[...]◦ˀ convex
1	Send me a basket
2	(with) the ..., which
3	◦GT◦ to you
4	in exchange for / exchanged NˁMRˀ{W\|Ḥ}.
5	Also, my tunic/linen
6	send me!

¹ perhaps produce with thorns or from a thorny plant, e.g. Ziziphus spina ?

DAI_O4643_Aram_S1_001

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
28935	man	Mauziah	מעזיה	Aramaic, Imperial

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

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	315564
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 315564 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4643), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.