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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O Ω 1240

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O Ω 1240
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status unpublished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
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Range of Preservation (undecidable)
State of Preservation It is not clear if the ostracon is complete.
Mounting (non [ostracon])

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) It is not clear if the text is complete.
Script, Primary Early to Middle Demotic
Language, Primary Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Wide line pitch. The text convers nearly the entire (preserved) surface of the potsherd.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3(?) 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 50
Column Height (in mm) 28
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 50 x 28

 

Text Content

Modern Title ostracon with an administrative text
Ancient Archives administrative archive of unclear context
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

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
8060 not applicable (No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text) (No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text) (none)

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty -664 BCE 332 CE ;

 

Pictures

DAI_Eleph_O_1240_S1_00
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 317992
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 317992 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O Ω 1240), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.