O. BM EA 50711 obverse | |
Other nos.: | - |
Description: | Limestone, 31.5 x 22.7 cm. Inscribed on two sides in black ink, obverse 7 lines, reverse a depiction of a walking man holding a knife, drawn with a black outline and red body. Palimpsest: traces of washed off drawing in red underneath text on obverse. Top obverse = left edge reverse. Complete, but middle of obverse 1-3 and beginning of obverse 4 effaced. |
Classification: | account - letter |
Keywords: | bread - copper - donkey - message - oil - payment - sandals - textile - work |
Provenance: | Thebes. Purchased by the British Museum from M. Mohassib in 1912. |
Publication: | Demaree, Ramesside Ostraca , 31, pls. 104-105 (photographs, description, transcription). |
Dates mentioned: | - |
Dates attributed: | Dyn. 20 (Demaree). |
Contents: | A letter from an anonymous author dealing with transfers of goods and a purchase of a donkey. |
Terminology: | ir n (obv. 2); hAb (obv. 1, 7) |
Names/Titles: | an. (mDAy ; obv. 1); an. (nAy=w mDAy ; obv. 5); PA-Hr.y (obv. 7) |
Remarks: | - |