Ostr. Berlin P. 12565   (More information about the Object)
Publication No. BGU VI 1470 lit
Modern Title Various texts on one ostracon
Summary Various texts, mixed genre, school text? draft of a petition of a soldier (l. 1-6) Homer, Odyssee 1, 1-7 (l. 6-13) list of names (l. 14-25)
   

Edition


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1Σωκ̣ράτε̣ι στρατηγῶι τῶν ἄνω τόπων ̣ ̣- 10 -
2 ̣ ̣κ̣τ̣ος τοῦ Στράτωνος τῶν τεταγμένων ἐν Ἐλεφαν-
3τίνηι στρατιωτῶν. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ
4Ἀνδραγά̣θ̣ο̣υ τοῦ Σωπάτρου α- 10 -
5 ̣ ἐν τῆι ἀγορᾶι ἐν το̣ῖ̣ς̣ τεμε- 10 -
6μάρτυροι. Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε Μοῦσα πολύτρο-
7πον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ πλάγχθη ἐπεὶ Τροίης
8ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν, πολλ̣ῶν δ’ ἀνθρώ-
9πων ἴδεν ἄστεα ὃν κατὰ θυμὸν, πολλὰ
10δ’ ὅ γ’ ἐν πόντῳ πάθεν ἄλγεα καὶ νόον
11ἔγνω ἀρνύμενος ἥν τε ψυχὴν καὶ νόστον
12ἑταίρωιων. ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὡς ἑτάρους ἐρρύσατο ἱέμεν-
13ος περ αὐτῶ̣ν̣ γὰρ σφε̣τ̣έ̣ρ̣ῃσιν
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14Ἑρμιάναξ
15Ὀννῶφρις
16Ἐ̣νχολ̣μ̣ου
17Ζμενκνε̣ῖ̣βις
18Τπου̣ι̣ος
19Γ̣εβιθίης
20Θη̣ι̣βα̣ς
21Τε̣λ̣η̣ιος
22Πα̣λ̣α̣ί̣μ̣ων
23Πασ̣τ̣ -?-
24Τ̣α̣ -?-
25 ̣ -?-
2
26Ος̣ ̣ -?-
27Τα ̣ -?-
28Σεμ̣ -?-
29Α̣ς̣ -?-
30Σ -?-
31 ̣ -?-

Translation


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1To Sokrates, the strategos of the lower country ---
2from ---ktes, son of Straton, stationed at Ele-
3phantine, soldier. I have been wronged
4by Andragathos, son of Sopatros, ---
5--- in the market among the ---
6witnesses. (1in ll. 6-13 a quote of Homer, Odyssey 1, 1-7 with the vers ends changed in Odydssey 1, ll. 3 and 4, the amount of missing text in l. 13 of the ostracon is unclear, translation after Murray/Dimock 1919 ) Tell me, M[use, of the man of many]
7devices, driven far away [after he had sacked of Troy]
8the sacred citadel. Many were [the men]
9whose cities he saw in his heart, [and many]
10the woes he suffered upon the sea [and the mind,]
11he learned seeking to win his own [life and the return]
12of his comrades. Yet even so he did not save his [comrades, for all his]
13desire, for through their own [
142Beginning of list of namesHermianax
15Onnophris
16Encholmos
17Zmenkneibis
18Tpouios
19Gebithies
20Theiba
21Teleios
22Palaimon
23Past---
24Ta---
25---
2
26Os---
27Ta---
28Sem---
29As---
30S---
31---

1 in ll. 6-13 a quote of Homer, Odyssey 1, 1-7 with the vers ends changed in Odydssey 1, ll. 3 and 4, the amount of missing text in l. 13 of the ostracon is unclear, translation after Murray/Dimock 1919
2 Beginning of list of names
 
 
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