The Deir el-Medina Database

O. BTdK 838 + O. Cairo CG 25661

Other nos.: O. Cairo JE 96036; O. Cairo SR 01167; O. KV 18/7.1079

Description: Limestone, in t hree fragments: main fragment ( a ) 19 x 10.5 cm , and not joining, smaller fragment ( b ) 6.5 x 5 cm + (c = BTdK 838) 3.9 x 2.7 cm, thickness 1.1 cm . Two sides : ob verse ( a ) remains of 1 5 lines , with r ed horizontal lines beneath lines 2, 5, 8, 9 and 1 5, (b) + (c) 9 lines (8-9 correspond with a 1-2) , with red horizontal stoke s beneath l ines 2, 6 and 9; re verse ( b ) 4 battered lines, with red horizontal stoke s beneath l ines 2 and 4 . Top obverse = top reverse. See Remarks. Damaged; ends of obv. 1-7 and of all lines on reverse lost; gaps in obv. 8-9; beginnings of obv. 10-14 and 17-19 lost; obv. 20-22 very pale/effaced.

Classification: account : deficit - delivery

Keywords: beer - cakes - dates - vegetables - [ ... ]xn

Provenance: CG 25661: Valley of Kings; Davis/Ayrton excavations 1907-1908; mark: House theta 2.7 (workmen's houses between KV 17 Seti I and KV 21); see Reeves, Valley of the Kings , 307 ; BTdK 383: Valley of Kings, near KV 18 (Ramesses X). Findspot: E.Weg.S6.A4

Publication: Černý, Ostraca Caire , 52-5 3, 72*-73*, pl. LXIX (photograph of reverse , description and transcription of CG 25661 ) ; Dorn, MDAIK 67 (2011), 46-49 (photograph of BTdK 838 + CG 25661 obverse; facsimile, transcription and description of BTdK 838; transliteration, translation and commentary); see Remarks

Dates mentioned: II Smw [ ... ] ( ob v. 3, 7 ); II Smw sw 7 ( ob v. ~ 13 #); [x] Smw sw 8 ( ob v. ~1 7# ) , II Smw sw 10 + x ( re v. ~3#)

Dates attributed: S econd half D yn. 19 (Černý); Seti I (Dorn)

Contents: Day dates and delivery of commodities.

Terminology: wDA.t ( ob v. 1 4 , 1 8 ); m Dr.t NN ( ob v. 10 , 13 , 21; re v. ~ 3 # )

Names/Titles: Ra-ms ( ob v. 10 ); 1A.t ( ob v. 13 ; for Wsr-HA.t ?); 7Ay ( ob v. 10; re v. ~3# ? )

Remarks: D escription, Publication : Černý's " recto " is here considered reverse and "verso" obverse; line numbering on obverse (1-22) follows Dorn, MDAIK 67 (2011), 46-47 .

Record last updated 2013-04-29

	O. BTdK 838 + O. Cairo CG 25661
Other nos.:	O. Cairo JE 96036; O. Cairo SR 01167; O. KV 18/7.1079

Description:	Limestone, in t hree fragments: main fragment ( a ) 19 x 10.5 cm , and not joining, smaller fragment ( b ) 6.5 x 5 cm + (c = BTdK 838) 3.9 x 2.7 cm, thickness 1.1 cm . Two sides : ob verse ( a ) remains of 1 5 lines , with r ed horizontal lines beneath lines 2, 5, 8, 9 and 1 5, (b) + (c) 9 lines (8-9 correspond with a 1-2) , with red horizontal stoke s beneath l ines 2, 6 and 9; re verse ( b ) 4 battered lines, with red horizontal stoke s beneath l ines 2 and 4 . Top obverse = top reverse. See Remarks. Damaged; ends of obv. 1-7 and of all lines on reverse lost; gaps in obv. 8-9; beginnings of obv. 10-14 and 17-19 lost; obv. 20-22 very pale/effaced.
Classification:	account : deficit - delivery
Keywords:	beer - cakes - dates - vegetables - [ ... ]xn
Provenance:	CG 25661: Valley of Kings; Davis/Ayrton excavations 1907-1908; mark: House theta 2.7 (workmen's houses between KV 17 Seti I and KV 21); see Reeves, Valley of the Kings , 307 ; BTdK 383: Valley of Kings, near KV 18 (Ramesses X). Findspot: E.Weg.S6.A4
Publication:	Černý, Ostraca Caire , 52-5 3, 72-73, pl. LXIX (photograph of reverse , description and transcription of CG 25661 ) ; Dorn, MDAIK 67 (2011), 46-49 (photograph of BTdK 838 + CG 25661 obverse; facsimile, transcription and description of BTdK 838; transliteration, translation and commentary); see Remarks
Dates mentioned:	II Smw [ ... ] ( ob v. 3, 7 ); II Smw sw 7 ( ob v. ~ 13 #); [x] Smw sw 8 ( ob v. ~1 7# ) , II Smw sw 10 + x ( re v. ~3#)
Dates attributed:	S econd half D yn. 19 (Černý); Seti I (Dorn)
Contents:	Day dates and delivery of commodities.
Terminology:	wDA.t ( ob v. 1 4 , 1 8 ); m Dr.t NN ( ob v. 10 , 13 , 21; re v. ~ 3 # )
Names/Titles:	Ra-ms ( ob v. 10 ); 1A.t ( ob v. 13 ; for Wsr-HA.t ?); 7Ay ( ob v. 10; re v. ~3# ? )
Remarks:	D escription, Publication : Černý's " recto " is here considered reverse and "verso" obverse; line numbering on obverse (1-22) follows Dorn, MDAIK 67 (2011), 46-47 .