Ostr. Berlin P. 14737
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 14737 |
| Publication Number |
Hintze 1977, Nr.12 |
| 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] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
85 mm | 95 mm | 8 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
surface strongly blackened probably due to burn |
| Comments on Object |
Fragment of a pottery plate; black stains on the surface probably due to fire (?) |
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) |
An den Rändern und hauptsächlich am Beginn Zeile 7 schwer lesbar. |
| Script, Primary |
Coptic |
| Language, Primary |
Coptic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
A practised but not very neat documentary hand. I is always longer than the line, A is open on the upper end, Trema is sometimes used. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
8 lines on the inside (concave) and 2 on the outside (convex) |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
2 |
8 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
71 |
80 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
16 |
65 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Ancient Author of Text |
Praipositos, son of Viktor |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Acknowledgement of receipt of three beds. Praipositos, son of Viktor, acknowledges that he has received 3 beds from the steward (ⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ) , Halo, and he can sleep on it. He will give back the beds. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
Der Schreiber des Briefes ist ein dritter Person, Viktor, der an der anderen Seite den Text unterschreibt - diese zwei Zeilen ('von NN geschrieben') sind mit einer griechischen Formula angegeben |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Praipositos, son of Viktor|
2 | | is writing to the stew-|
3 | | ard, Halo, that behold, thr-|
4 | | ee beds I have received|
5 | | from you so that I can sleep|
6 | | on them
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7 | | Praip(positos?) and I will|
8 | | give them back.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 2425 |
man |
Halo |
ϩⲁⲗ︦ⲱ |
Coptic |
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
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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 |
800105 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
87978 |
| Author |
Andrea Hasznos, Daniel Werning |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 800105 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 14737), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos, Daniel Werning. |
