O. Strasbourg H. 012 | |
Other nos.: | - |
Description: | Limestone, 7.5 x 7 cms. Damaged. Two sides. Both obverse and reverse five lines in black ink. On obverse lines 1 to 4 have lost their endings and line 5 is almost entirely broken off. On reverse all lines are partly effaced and of line 1 only some traces remain. Top obverse = bottom reverse. |
Classification: | account - journal : absence(?) - delivery - duty(?) |
Keywords: | bread - grain - inactivity - vessel |
Provenance: | No indication; see Remarks. |
Publication: | Koenig, Ostraca Strasbourg , 3 (description), pl. 5 (facsimile, transcription), pl. 102 (photograph) |
Dates mentioned: | III Ax.t sw 29 (obv. 1); I pr.t sw 30 (obv. 2); sw 23-25 (rev. 3-5) |
Dates attributed: | D yn. 19 or dyn. 20 (Koenig) |
Contents: | Journal recording absence or watch of someone and delivery of foodstuffs, vessels and grain. See Remarks |
Terminology: | iw n sw ? (obv. 4); wsf (obv. 1); dmD (?rev. 5) |
Names/Titles: | PtH-nxt (?rev. 4); 4mn (obv. 1) |
Remarks: | Provenance: note that many of the Strasbourg ostraca were excavated by J.E. Quibell in the Ramesseum in 1895-1896 and given to the Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire by W.M. Flinders Petrie in 1918 (Koenig, Ostraca Strasbourg , 1; Spiegelberg, ZÄS 58 (1923), 25, note 4). Contents: at the end of obverse line 2 the last sign is to be read as the house sign (Gard. O 1) - beginning of psn -bread. |