O. BTdK 709
Other nos.: O. KV 18/6.826B
  
Description: Limestone, 16.1 x 13.5 x 2.05 cm. Inscribed on two sides: on obverse 6 lines and on reverse 4 lines in black ink. Top obverse = right edge reverse. Damaged: broken off on all sides; beginnings and ends of all lines on obverse and reverse missing. Some loose fragments (A-E) may belong to this ostracon or to O. BTdK 690.
Classification: letter
Keywords: commissioning - document - illness - message - temple(?)
Provenance: Valley of Kings, workmen's huts near KV 18. Findspot: E.SH1d.A3 (see Remarks)
Publication: Dorn, Arbeiterhütten , 438 (description, transliteration, translation and commentary), pls. 594-598 (photographs, facsimiles and transcriptions).
Dates mentioned: -
Dates attributed: Mid dyn. 20 (Dorn)
Contents: Unclear lines of a letter, mentioning possibly a temple of Amun.
Terminology: [...] m Hs.w.t [...] (obv. 2); hAb (rev. 4); Sa.t (rev. 4)
Names/Titles: Imn (deity: obv. 2)
Remarks: Provenance: for the findspot identification see Dorn, Arbeiterhütten , 17-19.

Record last updated 2012-08-26


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