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Ostr. Berlin P. 12173

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 12173
Publication Number inedited (to be published in BGU)
Current Location magazine
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Publication Status unpublished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) Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 174 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation ink faded

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
State of Preservation (Text) ink faded
Script, Primary Greek
Script, additional A Demotic
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A Demotic
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown, scribe ist mentioned A---? demotic subscript
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 13
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Contract of lease of a weavers shop / receipt for rent
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | contract
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content Contract between the pastophoros Petorzmethis, son of Psenpoueris, and Pachnoumis, son of the mother Senpatchnautis, for rent (enoikion) for a part of a linen weavers shop (ergasterion linoyphikon) situated in "Ser" of Arensnouphis the great god, for two years from year 16, Phamenoth, till year 16, end of Mechir. Demotic subscription naming issuer and first contractant Petorzmethis, son of Psenpoueris.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual) Demotic subscription naming issuer and first contractant Petorzmethis, son of Psenpoueris.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text no transcript to by published in BGU
Multilingualism Script = Language Bilingual
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation without the father!
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion weavers shop situated in "Ser" belongs to the god Arensnouphis pastophoros

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
24115 man Pachnoubis, son of the mother Thinpatchnautis Παχνουβις μητ(ρος) Θινπατχναῦτις Greek, Ancient
28490 man Petosorsmetis, son of Psenpoeris (pastophoros) PꜢ-ḏỉ-Wsỉr-ns-mtr Pꜣ-šr-PꜢ-wr / Πετορζμῆθις Ψενπουήρεως pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius 14 Phamenoth 07 174 April 1 CE date in text;

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 317251
last Change 29.07.2022
Berlpap 10032
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer; BerlPap (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 317251 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12173 ), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; BerlPap (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).