O. DeM 01722 + O. Fitzwilliam Museum E.GA.6130.1943 reverse
Other nos.: O. IFAO 02855 ; O. IFAO inv. no. SA 13140 ; O. Cambridge (Fitzwilliam) 1 + O. Černý 03
  
Description: Limestone, two joining fragments: DeM fragment 22.4 x 12.7 cm ; Fitzwilliam fragment 21 x 15 cm . Inscribed on two sides, obverse 11 lines in black ink, with verse points in red ink ; reverse inscribed in black ink, two columns : rev. I 15 lines, rev. II 8 lines ; rev. I 5- 12 and rev. II divided by a vertical line in black ink. See Remarks. Top obverse = left edge of reverse. Palimpsest: traces of an old text visible on obverse. Damaged: ends of all lines on obverse lost ; beginnings of rev . I 1-8 and ends of rev. I 1-3 and II 5 lost; end of rev . I 13 effaced by scribe. Correction by scribe in rev . II 1 .
Classification: account - inventory(?)
Keywords: gold(?) - house - inspection - place - temple(?) - wood - woodwork (see Remarks)
Provenance: In the Fitzwilliam Museum since 1943 as part of the R.G. Gayer-Anderson bequest.
Publication: Hagen, New Kingdom Ostraca , 28-31, pls. 32-36 (description, photographs and facsimiles of Fitzwiliam frgt; transcription, translation and commentary of DeM and Fitzwilliam frgts); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VII, 19 0 -192 (transcription) ; Gasse , Ostraca litteraires Deir el-Medina IV, no. 1722 (description, photographs and transcription of DeM frgt )
Dates mentioned: -
Dates attributed: Dyn. 19, Ramesses II (Kitchen); dyn. 19, or dyn. 20 (Gasse)
Contents: Obverse: model letter; reverse: account or inventory of woodwork (beams, jambs, columns) belonging to a temple or palace, with various parts of the building specified; see Remarks.
Terminology: ir n (rev. I 11, 13); sip.t (rev. I 1); dmD (rev. I 13)
Names/Titles: an. ( Pr-aA anx wDA snb ; king; place of; rev. I 14) Incomplete: [...] Ra (deity; rev. I 1 ) ; [...] -Ra (king; house of; rev. I 2 - Mn-xpr.w-Ra (Kitchen) or Nb-mAa.t-Ra (Gasse)? )
Remarks: Description: rev. I 1- 15 numbered 1-15a by Hagen and x+1-15 by Kitchen ; rev. II 1-8 numbered 5b-12b by Hagen and x+16-23 by Kitchen . The line numbers used in this record are I 1-15 and II 1-8. Keywords: the transcription mr iT.y (rev. x+3) by Gasse, Ostraca litteraires Deir el- Medina, no. 1722, corresponding to the transcription Hr.y n iTy (rev. I x+3) by Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VII, 191, is corrected by Demaree to Hr.y.t n iTy (rev. x+3), "top of a mast" or "reel" (made) of a beam. Transcription tA nb.t pr (rev. x+4, Kitchen: I x+4, x+14) by Gasse, Ostraca litteraires Deir el-Medina IV, no. 1722, Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VII, 191, should be read Hb.t , chapel, "kiosk" (Demaree). Content(s): the obverse of the ostracon is a model letter, translated in Wente, Letters , 146.

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