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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2615

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2615
Current Location magazine Assuan
Publication Permission Status permission for publication assigned
Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

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 archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation All four sides are broken off in undetermined extent.
Mounting (non [ostracon])

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) Upper and lower part as well as all line beginnings broken off in undetermined extent.
Script, Primary Demotic
Language, Primary Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Layout undetectable due to the fragmentary condition.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+4+y 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 0
Column Height (in mm) 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title ostracon with illegible text
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content Content unclear due to fragmentary condition.
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
Ptolemaic dynasty or Roman Period -332 BCE 211 CE ;

 

Pictures

DAIK_2615innen_S2_001
Reserved Copyright
DAIK_2615_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315937
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 315937 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2615), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.