O. DeM 00437 | |
Other nos.: | O. IFAO 01247 |
Description: | Pottery sherd, 8 x 17 cm, in 2 fragments. Black ink, obverse 3 lines, reverse 4 lines, top obverse = top reverse. Damaged; lacunae in the middle of obv. 1, 2 and rev. 1, 2. |
Classification: | letter |
Keywords: | complaint - conflict - plaster - working |
Provenance: | Deir el-Medina; found in Grand Puits to the north of the temple, 27-02-1949; mark: 27.2.49 (GP) |
Publication: | Černý, Ostraca Deir El Medineh V, 26, pl. 26 (description, transcription); McDowell, Village Life in Ancient Egypt , 212, no. 162 (translation, commentary); Wente, Letters , 134, no. 159 (translation) |
Dates mentioned: | - |
Dates attributed: | Dyn. 20 (Černý, Wente) |
Contents: | The writer reacts to a complaint made by the addressee about the delay of a plaster delivery. |
Terminology: | - |
Names/Titles: | PtH (deity; rev. 2) |
Remarks: | - |