The Deir el-Medina Database

O. DeM 00043

Other nos.: O. IFAO 00216

Description: Yellow-red pottery (vase fragment), 15 x 30 cms. Damaged (five pieces). Two sides. The obverse contains 14 lines in black ink; the reverse 12. There are several corrections by the scribe. Top obverse = bottom reverse. The right edge and bottom of obverse have broken off, causing loss of writing. An unknown number of lines is lost at the bottom. On the reverse l. 1-4 are damaged at the beginning, l. 10 also at the end. Correction by the scribe in obverse l. 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, reverse 8, 11.

Classification: account - journal : delivery - duty - name - portion

Keywords: beer - bread - dates - firewood - fish - grain rations - pottery - side (of gang) - vegetables

Provenance: Deir el-Medina, Kom de decombres au sud du village (according to Clere MSS.); mark: 20.1.30 KS (20-01-1930)

Publication: Černý, Ostraca Deir El Medineh [I] , 11 (description), pl. 28-29 (transcription); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 110-111 (transcription); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 358-359 (outline of content)

Dates mentioned: rnp.t-sp 1 IV Ax.t sw 1-9 ( obv. 1-9); sw 10 ( obv. [10]); sw 11 ( obv. 11); sw 14 ( obv. ~13#); (unknown month?) sw 5-6 (rev. [3-4]); sw 7-17 (rev. 5-11); I pr.t sw 10 (rev. 5); IV Ax.t (obv. 8, above 10, rev. 4); I pr.t (rev. 9)

Dates attributed: Dyn. 20, very probably year 1 Ramesses IV (Černý) ; year 1 Ramesses IV ( Kitchen, Helck)

Contents: Delivery of various commodities; duty roster.

Terminology: iw m Dr.t NN (rev. 4); iw mH m Dr.t pA od (obv. ~11#); wnmy (obv. 11); m Dr.t NN (obv. 1, 2, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 10, ~12#, rev. 2, 4, 5, 7, 12); n Abd ? (obv. 8, above 10, rev. 4, 5); r mH ? (obv. 12); di.t di.w n Abd ? (rev. 9; in iw=tw di.t di.w n Abd ? )

Names/Titles: an. (pA od ; obv. ~11#); Ii-r-niw.t=f (rev. 11); Imn-nxt sA RSw-ptr=f ( obv. ~13#, rev. 10); Imn-Htp ( obv. 12, rev. 5); Ir.y-aA (rev. 9); Wsr-HA.t ( obv. 11, rev. 1, 8); BAk-n-2nsw ( obv. 5, 6, 8, 10, rev. 4, 7); PA-nSn.y (rev. 12); PA-sn ( obv. ~10#, rev. 7); Pn-ano.t ( obv. 4); PtH-ms ( obv. 2, 10, rev. ~1(?)#, 4); Mnw-xa (rev. 8); MH.y sA Bw-xAa=f (rev. 2 (written Bw-xAa ); Ms ( obv. 9, rev. 7); Nb-nxt (rev. 11); Nfr-Htp ( obv. 3); Nxt-Mnw ( obv. 6, rev. 4); Ra-mry ( obv. 8, rev. 6); RSw-ptr=f ( obv. 7); 1A.t-nfr.w ( obv. 1); 1r-Sri (rev. 10); 1r ( obv. 2); 2a-m-WAs.t ( obv. 5, rev. 3); 2nsw-ms (rev. 1)

Remarks: O. DeM 0 0032 - O. DeM 0 0047 were all written by the same scribe; see Donker van Heel, Haring, Writing in a Workmen's Village , 72-82.

Record last updated 2024-07-08

	O. DeM 00043
Other nos.:	O. IFAO 00216

Description:	Yellow-red pottery (vase fragment), 15 x 30 cms. Damaged (five pieces). Two sides. The obverse contains 14 lines in black ink; the reverse 12. There are several corrections by the scribe. Top obverse = bottom reverse. The right edge and bottom of obverse have broken off, causing loss of writing. An unknown number of lines is lost at the bottom. On the reverse l. 1-4 are damaged at the beginning, l. 10 also at the end. Correction by the scribe in obverse l. 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, reverse 8, 11.
Classification:	account - journal : delivery - duty - name - portion
Keywords:	beer - bread - dates - firewood - fish - grain rations - pottery - side (of gang) - vegetables
Provenance:	Deir el-Medina, Kom de decombres au sud du village (according to Clere MSS.); mark: 20.1.30 KS (20-01-1930)
Publication:	Černý, Ostraca Deir El Medineh [I] , 11 (description), pl. 28-29 (transcription); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 110-111 (transcription); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 358-359 (outline of content)
Dates mentioned:	rnp.t-sp 1 IV Ax.t sw 1-9 ( obv. 1-9); sw 10 ( obv. [10]); sw 11 ( obv. 11); sw 14 ( obv. ~13#); (unknown month?) sw 5-6 (rev. [3-4]); sw 7-17 (rev. 5-11); I pr.t sw 10 (rev. 5); IV Ax.t (obv. 8, above 10, rev. 4); I pr.t (rev. 9)
Dates attributed:	Dyn. 20, very probably year 1 Ramesses IV (Černý) ; year 1 Ramesses IV ( Kitchen, Helck)
Contents:	Delivery of various commodities; duty roster.
Terminology:	iw m Dr.t NN (rev. 4); iw mH m Dr.t pA od (obv. ~11#); wnmy (obv. 11); m Dr.t NN (obv. 1, 2, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 10, ~12#, rev. 2, 4, 5, 7, 12); n Abd ? (obv. 8, above 10, rev. 4, 5); r mH ? (obv. 12); di.t di.w n Abd ? (rev. 9; in iw=tw di.t di.w n Abd ? )
Names/Titles:	an. (pA od ; obv. ~11#); Ii-r-niw.t=f (rev. 11); Imn-nxt sA RSw-ptr=f ( obv. ~13#, rev. 10); Imn-Htp ( obv. 12, rev. 5); Ir.y-aA (rev. 9); Wsr-HA.t ( obv. 11, rev. 1, 8); BAk-n-2nsw ( obv. 5, 6, 8, 10, rev. 4, 7); PA-nSn.y (rev. 12); PA-sn ( obv. ~10#, rev. 7); Pn-ano.t ( obv. 4); PtH-ms ( obv. 2, 10, rev. ~1(?)#, 4); Mnw-xa (rev. 8); MH.y sA Bw-xAa=f (rev. 2 (written Bw-xAa ); Ms ( obv. 9, rev. 7); Nb-nxt (rev. 11); Nfr-Htp ( obv. 3); Nxt-Mnw ( obv. 6, rev. 4); Ra-mry ( obv. 8, rev. 6); RSw-ptr=f ( obv. 7); 1A.t-nfr.w ( obv. 1); 1r-Sri (rev. 10); 1r ( obv. 2); 2a-m-WAs.t ( obv. 5, rev. 3); 2nsw-ms (rev. 1)
Remarks:	O. DeM 0 0032 - O. DeM 0 0047 were all written by the same scribe; see Donker van Heel, Haring, Writing in a Workmen's Village , 72-82.