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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3177

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3177
Publication Number JJP 48, 2018, 202-205
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Publication Status unpublished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
Dating between 400 and 600
Criteria for Dating palaeography
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left and bottom

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) broken at left and bottom
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7+y
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Contract of loan of money - Acknowledgement of debt
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | contract
Summary of Content Contract of loan / acknowledgement of debt beween the bishop of Syene, Iosephios, and Aurelius Eucharios, son of Silvanus, of Elephantine.
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion Christianity
Comment on Religion bishop of Syene

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1τῷ θεοφιλεστάτῳ ἄππα
2Ἰω̣σηφίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Σοήνης
3παρ᾿Α̣ὐρηλίου Εὐχαρίου Σιλουανοῦ
4-4-5-εν π̣ο ̣ ̣ ̣ Ἐλεφαντίνης ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
5-?- ὁμολογῶ ἔχειν καὶ χρε-
6ωστεῖν -4- . ε ̣ ̣ ̣ χρυσοῦ κε-
7ράτια - ? - ̣ ἅ̣π̣ερ -3-
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convex
1To the most blessed Abba
2Iosephios, bishop of Syene,
3from Aurelius Eucharius, son of Silvanus,
4--- von Elephantine ---
5--- I acknowledge to have received and owe
6to you --- gold
7keratia --- which ---
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
42625 man Aurelius Eucharios, son of Silvanus Latin

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
400 CE 600 CE palaeographical dating;

 

Pictures

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Literature

 

DatasetID 315963
last Change 18.08.2022
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 315963 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3177), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).