Ostr. Berlin P. 14803
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Metadata
Collection
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
Text Basic Information
| 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 |
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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 |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Valentinus, son of Johannes |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| 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 |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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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
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1 | | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ ⲇⲓⲁⲕ
ⲡⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲡⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ
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2 | | ϯ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲓⲥⲁϩ|
3 | | ⲧⲓⲃⲉⲗϫⲉ
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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.
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1 | | I, Papas the deacon, the most humble,|
2 | | am witness and have written|
3 | | this ostracon.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2520 |
man |
Paham, son of Abraham |
ⲡⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ |
Coptic |
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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Pharmuthi |
09 |
500 CE 650 CE |
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Literature
| 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. |
