Ostr. Berlin P. 14735
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 14735 |
| Publication Number |
Hintze 1977, Nr.13 SB XX 14230 |
| 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: medium |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: medium |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
old stock |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1906 and 1908 |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
110 mm | 135 mm | 9 mm |
| Dating |
between 500 and 799 |
| Criteria for Dating |
palaeography |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken on all sides, except for the upper, the rim |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpsest (Hintze) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex/concave |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The ink is rather faded, letters rubbed off in several places. |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
The hand displays cursive tendencies, but still looks rather like the uncials of Coptic, than cursive Greek; uses ligatures and abbreviations; the 1 line on the outside was written more cursively, with a thinner calamos and probably by another hand. The language of the piece is a strong mixture of Greek and Coptic, however, it is better to consider it Greek with copticism; the Coptic-like handwriting does not contradict that, there are a number of Greek documents written similarly from Byzantine Egypt (Worp).
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| Comments on Text Layout |
On the original inside (concave) of the plate 8 lines, on the outside (convex) 1 line |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
1 |
8 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
90 |
115 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
10 |
75 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Acknowledgement of debt |
| Ancient Author of Text |
Makarios, son of Dios |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | dept instrument
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| Summary of Content |
Makarios, son of Dios, acknowledges that he owes the praepositus tax. The scale of Syene is mentioned in the amounts. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
"Linguistically the text displays an interesting mixture of Greek and Coptic." ("Sprachlich liegt eine merkwürdige Mischung von Griechisch und koptisch vor.", Hintze) Hintze in his edition does not even give a translation due to the (rather challenging) nature of the text.
Worp considered the text Greek with Copticisms, and gave a translation with commentary to it. It is indeed better to consider it Greek with Copticisms; although both languages are present in a way, it is not a "bilingual" text in the strict sense of the word, just as Coptic texts containing Greek loanwords and even formulae are not called bilingual.
Clackson and MacCoull list the text among the Coptic texts but follow Worp`s translation. |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Bilingual |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | ⳁ εγω Μακαριοϛ Διου χρεωστει|
2 | | ⲉⲡ πραιποσιτω̣ ⲡ ναυλων|
3 | | και διπλων κ(ερατια) η ζυγ(ω̣) Συηνιτικω̣|
4 | | ⲡ σιτω και αρτων (μυριαδαϛ) ιζ: πολυβ,|
5 | | γι,γινονται (ομου) πολυ (μυριαδεϛ) ιζ|
6 | | Συην(ιτικω̣ ζυγω̣) κ(ερατια) η|
7 | | Φαωφι γ τηϛ ιε ινδ(ικτιονοϛ).|
8 | | Διʹεμου Σαχ,Σαχαριαϛ εγραφη.
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1 | | ομοι(ωϛ) (μυριαδα) α ,η πολυβ,
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1 | | I Makarios, son of Dios, owe|
2 | | to the praepositus for naula |
3 | | and dipla 8 k(eration) (measured) with the scale of Syene|
4 | | for wheat and bread 17 myriad polyb,|
5 | | which makes together polyb, 17 myriad|
6 | | (measured with) the scale of Syene 8 k(eration).|
7 | | 3 Phaophi, 15th indiktion year.|
8 | | Written by me, Sach(arias).
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1 | | Also 1 myriad, 8000 polyb,
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2495 |
man |
Makarios, son of Dios |
ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲓⲟⲩ |
Coptic |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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Phaophi |
03 |
500 September 30 CE 799 CE |
15th indiction. palaeographical datinghistorical, social setting, other texts and archives from the area, palaeography; names, military titles, business affairs in the Coptic texts from Elephantine; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
800104 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Berlpap |
04042 |
| Trismegistos |
38447 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/sb;20;14230 |
| Author |
Andrea Hasznos, Daniel Werning |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 800104 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 14735), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos, Daniel Werning. |
