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Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 2793

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 2793
Current Location Aswan, The magazine of the Pharaonic taftīsh (SCA Aswan)
Publication Permission Status permission for publication assigned
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details Elephantine, Khnum Temple Area, secondary fill in NW corner of the temple’s foundation pit
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]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution excavation finds

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating of Object Prior to end of VII CE
Dating between 550 and 800
Criteria for Dating Archaeological situation
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments unknown
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
State of Preservation (Text) Some ink faded, otherwise complete
Script, Primary Coptic Cursive
Language, Primary Coptic
Comments on Handwriting Business hand
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Business letter
Text Types
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content The commissioner Basilides addresses the secretary Zacharias to send him some linen swiftly. In addition, he wants him to send builders back, who are apparently with Zacharias, so that they can quickly bring twelve-hundred baked bricks to Basilides, as he needs them
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ϯ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛ̄ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲟ
2ⲕⲣ(ⲏⲥⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) ϩⲓⲧⲛ̄ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲓⲇ(ⲏⲥ) ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲕ(ⲉⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ)
3ⲥⲡⲟⲩⲇⲁⲍⲉ ⲛⲅ︦ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄
4ⲉⲓⲁⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲅ︦
5ⲕⲱⲗ ⲛⲉⲕⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ
6ⲛ̄ⲥⲉⲛ̄ⲙⲛ︦ⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ
7ⲛ̄ϣⲉ ⲛ̄⟦ⲉ⟧ⲧⲣ̄ⲡⲁⲥⲉ
8ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲧⲁⲭⲩ ϫⲉⲓⲉⲭⲣⲉⲓⲁⲉⲓ
convex
1Give it to Zachary the secre
2tary from Basilid(es) the epikeimenos.
3Hurry and send me
4the linen. Furthermore,
5send back the builders
6so that they bring twelve-
7hundred baked bricks
8to me swiftly for I need (them).
O2793_D-DAI-KAI-C-3060
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
43045 man Basilides (epikeimenos) ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲓⲇ(ⲏⲥ) Coptic

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Byzantine (Coptic) Period 550 CE 800 CE Archeological situation;

 

Pictures

O2793_D-DAI-KAI-C-3060
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318645
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Matthias Müller
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 318645 (= Ostr. Elephantine,excavation SwissInst Ω 2793), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Matthias Müller.