O. DeM 00562 | |
Other nos.: | - |
Description: | Limestone, 13 x 8 cm. Black ink, obverse 8 lines, reverse 6 lines, top obverse = top reverse. Corrections by scribe in obv. 3 and rev. 6. Complete but much writing effaced in obv. 5-8. |
Classification: | letter |
Keywords: | complaint - illness(?) - milk - sandals |
Provenance: | Deir el-Medina; Kom du Grand Puits, 18-12-1950 |
Publication: | Sauneron, Ostraca Deir El Medineh [VI], 3-4, pls. 8 and 8a (description, transcription, facsimile); Allam, Hieratische Ostraka und Papyri , 133, no. 123 (translation); Wente, Letters , 159, no. 239 (translation) |
Dates mentioned: | - |
Dates attributed: | mid-Dyn. 19 (Wente) |
Contents: | A woman named 2r complains to one Mnw-ms about a pair of sandals taken away by the latter. Mnw-ms is urged to bring some items to the sender, and not to neglect her while she is ill. |
Terminology: | mi.t.t (obv. 8); nfr sDm=k (rev. 6); Dd.n NN n NN (obv. 1-2) |
Names/Titles: | Mnw-ms (obv. 2); 2r (f.; obv. 1) |
Remarks: | - |