The Deir el-Medina Database

O. Varille 26

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Description: Limestone, 29 x 16 cm. Damaged. Two sides: on obverse 18 lines and on reverse 6 + 3 (text a ) lines; on reverse traces of a line of writing in between lines 1 and 2, and likewise in between lines 4 and 5; additional text ( a ) at the bottom of the reverse written in opposite direction. Broken off at upper right edge and lower left edge on obverse; on obverse beginnings of lines 1-4 and end of lines 16-18 missing; on reverse beginnings of lines 1-5, end of line 1 and ends of all lines of text a missing. Correction by the scribe in obverse line 3. Top obverse = bottom reverse.

Classification: journal : absence - delivery - event - labour - name

Keywords: funeral - illness - inactivity - side (of gang) - tools

Provenance: No indication

Publication: Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VII 236-237 (transcription); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 105 (outline of content)

Dates mentioned: rnp.t-sp 2 I Ax.t sw 5 (obv. 5); rnp.t-sp 2 I Ax.t sw 6, sw 7 (obv. 8); I Ax.t sw 9, sw 10 (obv. 9); I Ax.t sw 11 (obv. 10); I Ax.t sw 12 (obv. ~13#); I Ax.t sw 13 (obv. 15); I Ax.t sw 14 (obv. 16); sw 5 (obv. ~4#); sw 14 (rev. 1); sw 15 (rev. ~2#); sw 16 (rev. 4); rnp.t-sp 2 IV Smw sw [...] (rev. text a 1); rnp.t-sp 2 IV Smw sw [...] (rev. text a 2)

Dates attributed: Dyn. 19, reign of Amenmesse (Kitchen); year 2 Amenmesse (Helck)

Contents: Journal entries for several days in I Ax.t of year 2, recording the issue of spikes, exchange of blunt tools, absences with reasons, a.o. illness, scorpion bite and the funeral of the lady 4n.t-nfr.t .

Terminology: iw=f mr (obv. 10); aHa n pA aA n is.t 2 (obv. 10); aHa n NN (obv. ~13#; rev. ~1#, 2, 4); aHa n NN m wsf (obv. 11- 12, ~16-18#); aHa n tA is.t m wsf (obv. 8, 9, ~15#); m mi.t.t (obv. 6, 14); NN m a NN (rev. ~1#?); tA ri.t wnmy (obv. 2); tA ri.t smHy (obv. ~3#); hrw pn Sad ir.n NN pAy=f xA (obv. ~5-6#); hrw pn Sb ir.n NN pAy=f xA (obv. 4); di.t nA xA.w (obv. 1); dmD (obv. 3)

Names/Titles: an. (pA aA n is.t 2; obv. 10); Ipwy (obv. 14); aA-nxt .w (obv. 6-7); PA-nb (obv. 11); PA-Ra-Htp (obv. ~14#); Pn-nbw (obv. ~15#); Pn-dwA (obv. 12, ~16#?; rev. ~3#); Nb-nxt (obv. 14); Nb-smn (obv. ~13#; rev. 2); Nfr-Htp (a A n is.t ; rev. 4); Nfr-Htp (obv. ~13#); Nx sA Bw-on.tw=f (obv. 11; rev. 3, ~5#); Nxt-sw (obv. 11); Ra-mry (obv. 10; rev. 2, 6); 1Ay (obv. ~16#); 1y sA 1y-nfr (obv. 4); 1r-m-wiA (obv. ~18#; rev. 5); 1sy-sw-nb=f (obv. ~5-6#; rev. ~5#?); 2Am.y (rev. text a 3); 4n.t-nfr.t (f.; obv. 8-9); On-Hr-xpS=f (sS ; obv. 13); Ks sA aA-pH.t.y (obv. 12, ~17#). Incomplete: Nb -[...] (rev. 1; either Nb-smn or Nb-nxt )

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Record last updated 2005-06-01

	O. Varille 26
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Description:	Limestone, 29 x 16 cm. Damaged. Two sides: on obverse 18 lines and on reverse 6 + 3 (text a ) lines; on reverse traces of a line of writing in between lines 1 and 2, and likewise in between lines 4 and 5; additional text ( a ) at the bottom of the reverse written in opposite direction. Broken off at upper right edge and lower left edge on obverse; on obverse beginnings of lines 1-4 and end of lines 16-18 missing; on reverse beginnings of lines 1-5, end of line 1 and ends of all lines of text a missing. Correction by the scribe in obverse line 3. Top obverse = bottom reverse.
Classification:	journal : absence - delivery - event - labour - name
Keywords:	funeral - illness - inactivity - side (of gang) - tools
Provenance:	No indication
Publication:	Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VII 236-237 (transcription); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 105 (outline of content)
Dates mentioned:	rnp.t-sp 2 I Ax.t sw 5 (obv. 5); rnp.t-sp 2 I Ax.t sw 6, sw 7 (obv. 8); I Ax.t sw 9, sw 10 (obv. 9); I Ax.t sw 11 (obv. 10); I Ax.t sw 12 (obv. ~13#); I Ax.t sw 13 (obv. 15); I Ax.t sw 14 (obv. 16); sw 5 (obv. ~4#); sw 14 (rev. 1); sw 15 (rev. ~2#); sw 16 (rev. 4); rnp.t-sp 2 IV Smw sw [...] (rev. text a 1); rnp.t-sp 2 IV Smw sw [...] (rev. text a 2)
Dates attributed:	Dyn. 19, reign of Amenmesse (Kitchen); year 2 Amenmesse (Helck)
Contents:	Journal entries for several days in I Ax.t of year 2, recording the issue of spikes, exchange of blunt tools, absences with reasons, a.o. illness, scorpion bite and the funeral of the lady 4n.t-nfr.t .
Terminology:	iw=f mr (obv. 10); aHa n pA aA n is.t 2 (obv. 10); aHa n NN (obv. ~13#; rev. ~1#, 2, 4); aHa n NN m wsf (obv. 11- 12, ~16-18#); aHa n tA is.t m wsf (obv. 8, 9, ~15#); m mi.t.t (obv. 6, 14); NN m a NN (rev. ~1#?); tA ri.t wnmy (obv. 2); tA ri.t smHy (obv. ~3#); hrw pn Sad ir.n NN pAy=f xA (obv. ~5-6#); hrw pn Sb ir.n NN pAy=f xA (obv. 4); di.t nA xA.w (obv. 1); dmD (obv. 3)
Names/Titles:	an. (pA aA n is.t 2; obv. 10); Ipwy (obv. 14); aA-nxt .w (obv. 6-7); PA-nb (obv. 11); PA-Ra-Htp (obv. ~14#); Pn-nbw (obv. ~15#); Pn-dwA (obv. 12, ~16#?; rev. ~3#); Nb-nxt (obv. 14); Nb-smn (obv. ~13#; rev. 2); Nfr-Htp (a A n is.t ; rev. 4); Nfr-Htp (obv. ~13#); Nx sA Bw-on.tw=f (obv. 11; rev. 3, ~5#); Nxt-sw (obv. 11); Ra-mry (obv. 10; rev. 2, 6); 1Ay (obv. ~16#); 1y sA 1y-nfr (obv. 4); 1r-m-wiA (obv. ~18#; rev. 5); 1sy-sw-nb=f (obv. ~5-6#; rev. ~5#?); 2Am.y (rev. text a 3); 4n.t-nfr.t (f.; obv. 8-9); On-Hr-xpS=f (sS ; obv. 13); Ks sA aA-pH.t.y (obv. 12, ~17#). Incomplete: Nb -[...] (rev. 1; either Nb-smn or Nb-nxt )
Remarks:	-