Ostr. London, British Library Egerton 1

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library Egerton 1
Publication Number	ined
Current Location	London, British Library
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication assigned
Publication Status	unpublished

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	purchase Certainty: high
Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non	between 14 7 1962 and
Finder (= First Purchaser)	E. Ohly (Egerton-Ostraca) Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Complete.
Script, Primary	Greek
Script, additional A	Late Demotic
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A	Roman Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, practised cursive, hand of Pachnoumis the elder, son of Petorzmethis last line demotic.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	18
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	contract of lease for temple land
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachnoumis the elder, son of Petorzmethis (pastoph.) Petosorsmetis, son of Psenpoeris (pastophoros)
Text Types	documentary \| contract
Summary of Content	Contract of lease concerning a vineyard of Ammon and Ouserzmet the great gods of Syene and Elephantine. The proceeds of the vineyard belong for the third part to the pastophoroi of Neilammon the great god. One of the pastophoroi agrees in the form of an karponeia-contract to undertake the harvest and promises to give back as rent 26 Coan wine jars containing 10 kotylai each by the end of Mesore of year 1 of Pescennius Niger. Demotic: Mention of isser Petosorsmetis, son of Psenpoeris.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Demotic: Mention of isser Petosorsmetis, son of Psenpoeris.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	pastophoroi of the god Neilammon Ammon and Ouserzmet of Syene and Elephantine the gread gods

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1	¹Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje. Πετορζμῆθις Ψενπουήρεως παστοφόροςͅ Ν̣ειλ-
2	άμμωνος θεοῦ μεγίστου Παχνοῦβι Παχνούβιος
3	καὶ Παχνουμι μιζω Πετορζμήθου καὶ Πατανοῦκις
4	Πετορζμήθου καὶ Πεσαυς Παχομπαιεμουθου
5	τοῖς δ̅ δεκάνοις παστοφόρων τοῦ αὐτοῦ θεοῦ χαίρειν.
6	ὁμολογῶ μεμίσθω̣σθαι παρ᾿ ὑμῶν τὸ
7	ἐπίβαλλον ἡμῖν μέρος τρῖτον κωων
8	Ἄμμωνος καὶ Οὐσερζμητ Σοήνης καὶ Ἐλε-
9	φαντίνης θεῶν μεγίστων οἴνου λαγύνων
10	εἴκοσι ἕξ, (γίνονται) λάγυνοι κς ἐκ κοτύλων δέκα
11	γλευκοῦ καθαροῦ γενήματος α (ἔτους)
12	ἅς καὶ ἀποδώσω ὑμεῖν ἕως τοῦ Μεσο(ρὴ) λ̅
13	τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος α (ἔτους) ἀμέμπτως
14	Παχνοῦμις μίζω Πετορζμήθου ἔγραψα?
15	(ἔτους) α Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Γαίου
16	Πεσκεννίου Νίγερος Ἰούστου Σεβαστοῦ
17	Ἐπεὶφ κ̅η̅

¹ Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje.

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18	n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr (sꜣ) Pꜣ-šr-Pꜣ-wr

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1	Petorzmethis, son of Psenpoueris, pastophoros of Neil-
2	ammon the great god, to Pachnoubis, son of Pachnoubis,
3	and to Pachnoubis senior, son of Petorzmethis, and to Patanoukis,
4	son of Petorzmethis, and to Pesaus, son of Pachompaiemouthes,
5	the 4 dekanoi of the pastophoroi of the same god, greeting.
6	I acknowledge to have rented from you the
7	third part due to us of the kooi(?)
8	of Ammon and Ouserzmet of Soene and Ele-
9	phantine, the great gods, wine jars
10	twenty six, = 26 jars, (containing) 10 kotylai each,
11	of sweet and clean wine of the harvest of year 1,
12	which I will give back to you til Mesore 30
13	of the present 1st year without delay.
14	Pachnoumis senior, son of Petorzmethis, I have written (?).
15	Year 1 of Imperator Caesar Gaius
16	Pescennius Niger Iustus Augustus,
17	Epeiph 28.
18	Issued by Petosormetis [_] (son) of Psenpoeris.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
30485	man	Pachnoubis, son of Pachnoubis (pastophoros Neilam)		pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Pescennius Niger	01	Epeiph	28	193 July 22 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	315830
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 315830 (= Ostr. London, British Library Egerton 1), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).