The Deir el-Medina Database

O. BMFA 72.666

Other nos.: O. S 261; no. 864

Description: Limestone, 5 x 8 cms. Complete. One side with two lines in black ink.

Classification: oracle

Keywords: oracle

Provenance: No indication; see Remarks.

Publication: K. Ryholt, RdE 48 (1997), 279-282 (photograph, facsimile, description, transcription, translation and commentary)

Dates mentioned: -

Dates attributed: Dyn. 20 (Ryholt)

Contents: Several people ask the oracle whether it is the High Priest of Amun who will give them a superior. See Remarks.

Terminology: in (1 - written n )

Names/Titles: an. (1; pA Hm-nTr tp.y n Imn ); an. (2; Hr.y )

Remarks: Provenance: bought at the auction of the Robert J. Hay collection in 1868 by C. Granville Way and in 1872 donated by his son to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Ryholt incorrectly states that the High Priest of Amun did not play a role in the workmen's community and therefore assumes the ostracon to derive from another Theban source than Deir el-Medina. Contents: Ryholt translates: "... who will place us above", but this seems unlikely. For a similar oracle question see O. IFAO 0849.

Record last updated 2002-07-10

	O. BMFA 72.666
Other nos.:	O. S 261; no. 864

Description:	Limestone, 5 x 8 cms. Complete. One side with two lines in black ink.
Classification:	oracle
Keywords:	oracle
Provenance:	No indication; see Remarks.
Publication:	K. Ryholt, RdE 48 (1997), 279-282 (photograph, facsimile, description, transcription, translation and commentary)
Dates mentioned:	-
Dates attributed:	Dyn. 20 (Ryholt)
Contents:	Several people ask the oracle whether it is the High Priest of Amun who will give them a superior. See Remarks.
Terminology:	in (1 - written n )
Names/Titles:	an. (1; pA Hm-nTr tp.y n Imn ); an. (2; Hr.y )
Remarks:	Provenance: bought at the auction of the Robert J. Hay collection in 1868 by C. Granville Way and in 1872 donated by his son to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Ryholt incorrectly states that the High Priest of Amun did not play a role in the workmen's community and therefore assumes the ostracon to derive from another Theban source than Deir el-Medina. Contents: Ryholt translates: "... who will place us above", but this seems unlikely. For a similar oracle question see O. IFAO 0849.