O. BM EA 50736 | |
Other nos.: | - |
Description: | Limestone, 10 x 15.5 cm. Inscribed on two sides in black ink, obverse 6 lines, reverse 5 lines. Top obverse = bottom reverse. Damaged: beginning of obverse 5 lost, ends of obverse 1, 5-6 lost, beginnings of reverse 2, 4-5 effaced, middle of reverse 3-4, 6 effaced. A correction by the scribe in obv. 3. |
Classification: | account : transfer |
Keywords: | basketry - brick(?) - galena(?; see Remarks) - leather - mat - sandals - woodwork - work - pyT |
Provenance: | Purchased by the British Museum in 1912 from M. Mohassib; obverse mark: 57036; reverse mark: 1912 2-10 76. |
Publication: | Demaree, Ramesside Ostraca , 35, pls. 136-137 (photographs, description, transcription). |
Dates mentioned: | rnp.t-sp 4 IV Smw sw 18 (obv. 1) |
Dates attributed: | Mid dyn. 20, year 4 Ramesses V, or year 4 Ramesses VI (Demaree). |
Contents: | An account of work done and handed over by Mry to It-nfr . |
Terminology: | ir n (obv. 3 - written ir , 4, 5, 6, rev. 1, 2; or dbn ?, rev. 3); wHm rdy.t n=f (obv. 4, 5; written wHm ry n=f ); r rdi.t rx=tw bAk.w nb iry NN NN (obv. ~1#-2; probably to be read as r rdi.t rx=tw bAk.w nb iry NN n NN ) |
Names/Titles: | It-nfr (obv. 2); Mry (obv. 2) |
Remarks: | Keywords: mst.t (obv. 4) might stand for msdm.t , 'galena', or perhaps msd.t 'Material fur die Sockel(?) der Flaggenmasten'. Cf. Erman und Grapow, Wörterbuch der Aegyptischen Sprache II, Leipzig 1928, 152. |