Ostr. Berlin P. 14803

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 14803
Publication Number	Hintze 1977, Nr.1
Current Location	magazine \| ostraca depository
Comments on Inventory	2014 available
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, light red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	130 mm \| 135 mm \| 8 mm
Dating	between 395 and 900
Range of Preservation	complete
Comments on Object	Fragment of a slightly ribbed, thin-walled jar of red pottery

Localization of Text on Object	two-sided
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	The text is well visible despite surface chips and smaller damages, stains.
Script, Primary	Coptic Half-uncial
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	A rather clumsy handwriting with some ligatures.
Comments on Text Layout	12 lines are on the convex side and the continuation of the text, 3 lines, on the concave
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	12	3
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	125	130
Column Height (in mm)	120	20
Height of Line / Letter

Ancient Author of Text	Valentinus, son of Johannes
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Papas, the deacon
Text Types	documentary documentary \| dept instrument
Summary of Content	A debt acknowledgement about 9 carats of gold, the scribe and witness of the document, Papas, is on the concave side.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	The document was written and witnessed by Papas, the deacon. The debtor is Valentinus, he commisioned the document. Judging from the handwriting this Papas is probably not identical with Papas, writer of P.10824. The addressee is Paham, son of Abraham also in P. 14782 and P. 14781.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	ϯ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ
2	ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲛⲉ ⲡⲣⲙⲉⲓⲏⲃ
3	ⲉϥⲥⲁϩ ⲛ︦ⲡⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ
4	ⲡⲙⲁⲧⲁⲓ̈ ⲛ︦ⲡⲁⲣⲓⲑⲓⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ︦ⲉⲓⲏⲃ
5	ϫⲉ ϯϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲓⲅⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲭⲣⲱⲥⲧⲓ
6	ⲛⲁⲕ ⳡⲓⲥⲧⲉ ⲛ︦ⲕⲁⲣⲁ ⲛ︦ⲛⲟⲩⲃ ⲛⲁⲣ
7	ⲅⲅⲓⲛⲉⲧⲉⲓ ⳁⲁⲣⲓⲑⲙⲓⲁ ⲕ,ⲁ,ⲕⲉⲣⲁⲧⲓⲁ ⲑ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
8	ⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲓⲕⲁⲛ ϣⲛⲉ
9	ⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲁϫⲛ︦ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ
10	ⲛ︦ϩⲱⲃ ⲛϣⲁϫⲉ
11	ϩⲏⲙⲉⲣⲁ ⲡⲁⲣ
12	ⲙⲁⲧ ⲑ

concave

1	ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ ⲇⲓⲁⲕ ⲡⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲡⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ
2	ϯ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲓⲥⲁϩ
3	ⲧⲓⲃⲉⲗϫⲉ

convex

1	I
2	Valentinus (son of) Johannes, man of Elephantine
3	writing to Paham (son of) Abraham,
4	the soldier of the battalion of Elephantine
5	that I acknowledge and I owe
6	you nine carats of gold in denomination,
7	that is nine carats. Now, these - by God -
8	I give you anytime you ask
9	for them to give them back to you, without any
10	(disputing) words.
11	(To)day Phar
12	moute the ninth.

concave

1	I, Papas the deacon, the most humble,
2	am witness and have written
3	this ostracon.

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
2520	man	Paham, son of Abraham	ⲡⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ	Coptic

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
		Pharmuthi	09	500 CE 650 CE	;

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DatasetID	400003
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	87769
Author	Matthias Müller; Andrea Hasznos; Daniel Werning
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 400003 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 14803), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Matthias Müller; Andrea Hasznos; Daniel Werning.