O. Strasbourg H. 084 | |
Other nos.: | O. Strasbourg H. 1256 |
Description: | Limestone, 18 x 12.5 cms. Complete. Two sides. Obverse: thirteen lines in black ink. Reverse: remains of eight lines in black ink. On obverse the ends of lines 1 and 2 partly effaced. On reverse all lines partly or completely effaced. |
Classification: | account : transfer |
Keywords: | coffin - copper - grain - painting - woodwork |
Provenance: | No indication; see Remarks. |
Publication: | Koenig, Ostraca Strasbourg , 7 (description), pl. 28 (facsimile of obverse), pl. 29, 30 (transcriptions of obverse and reverse), pl. 111 (photograph of obverse); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 459 (translation obv. 2-13); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 428-429 (transcription) |
Dates mentioned: | rnp.t-sp 7 II Smw sw 16 n nswt-bity nb-tA.wy Wsr-mAa.t-Ra 4tp.n-Ra anx wDA snb (obv. 1); see Remarks |
Dates attributed: | Dyn. 19, year 7 Ramesses II (Koenig); d yn. 20, year 7 Ramesses VII (Helck, Kitchen); see Remarks |
Contents: | Record of the transfer of several items of painting-work, including mainly coffins, by the draughtsman 1r-Mnw to workman Imn-wa ; each item followed by a price in deben and once in grain(?). The amount of work is added up to a sum of 83 debens of copper. The few words on the reverse are not clear in connection to the text on the obverse. |
Terminology: | ir n (obv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12); nA sS-od rdy.n NN n NN (obv. 2); dmD (obv. 13; rev. 7) |
Names/Titles: | Imn-wa (rmT-is.t ; obv. ~2#); Imn-ms (kAw.t.y ; obv. 8); an-Mw.t (f.; obv. 5); Mry-Imn-nxt (sxt.y ; obv. 7); nswt-bity nb-tA.wy Wsr-mAa.t-Ra 4tp.n-Ra anx wDA snb (king; obv. 1); 1r-Mnw (sS-od ; obv. 2); 4AH.t-nfr.t (f.; obv. 11); 4k (Sms.w n tA Hw.t ; obv. 4); 6A-di.t-6A-wr.t (f.; obv. 6; see Remarks); Ky-nbi (wHa ; obv. 3) |
Remarks: | Provenance: note that many of the Strasbourg ostraca were excavated by J.E. Quibell in the Ramesseum in 1895-1896 and given to the Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire by W.M. Flinders Petrie in 1918 (Koenig, Ostraca Strasbourg , 1; Spiegelberg, ZÄS 58 (1923), 25, note 4). Date(s) mentioned/attributed: the year-date is to be read as 7 instead of 5, and the dating to Ramesses VII is to be preferred (Janssen, JEA 52 (1966), 91, note 2). Names, Titles: a more complete transcription is to be found in Černý Nb. 35, 77, showing i.a. that the name of the lady in line 6 is to be read as 6A-di.t-6A-wr.t. See also O. Gard. 190. |