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Papr. Paris, AIBL CI.G. 51 unlabeled 02.09

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Papr. Paris, AIBL CI.G. 51 unlabeled 02.09
Publication Number inedit
Current Location Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres CIS
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Publication Status unpublished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:
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Oxford, Manchester Collection
Certainty:

Object

Object Type paper
Dating of Object The 3rd-4th AH/ 9th-10th CE centuries
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Cut off on all sides except for the upper side.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
Script, Primary Arabic
Language, Primary Arabic
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8 7
Quantity of Columns 1 1
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Business letter
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Part of a business letter that includes a request for payment and taking the spices (al-buhār) and an affirmation of a partnership between the sender and another person.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Script = Language Monolingual
Religion Islam

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
1 ان تدفع ذلك اليه وما
2 تاخذ منه البهار وانا
3 ارا ذلك والذي
4 في ذلك اعظم الشكر
5 تدع ذلك حتى
6 ولولا اني اعرفـ
7 ـا و
8 حـ
V
1مــعي هـ
2وهو شريكي
3في شي
4ـا لي اعزك الله سلتك
5لعلمه لما بيني وبــينــك
6دينار طري احـ
7اسلك يا اخي اعزك الله
R
1[ ] to pay that to him and what
2[ ] take the spice from him, and I
3[ ] see that (…) [ ] and what
4[ ] in that is the greatest thanks
5[ ] and don't leave it until [ ]
6[ ] were it not that I kno[w ]
7[ ] (...) [ ]
8[ ] (…) [ ]
V
1[ ] with me [ ]
2[ ] he is my partner [ ]
3[ ] in something (…) [ ]
4[ ] for me, god bless you, I asked you
5[ ] for his knowledge of what is between me and [yo]u
6[ ] dīnār newly minted (ṭarī) (.)[ ]
7[ ] I ask you, brother, may God bless you
CI.G._51_unlabeled_02.
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Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
The 3rd-4th AH/ 9th-10th CE centuries.;

 

Pictures

CI.G._51_unlabeled_02.
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318517
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Ahmed Kamal
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 318517 (= Papr. Paris, AIBL CI.G. 51 unlabeled 02.09), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal.