Text 697

Provenance
Abd el-Qadir
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
site 5-0-15
Excavation no.
5-0-15/6
Present location
British Museum, London
Museum no.
EA79658
Medium
ostrakon
Technique
painted
Type of text
document: economic
Language
Greek
Content
bill of lading for shipments of barley
Date
700–899
Notes
 
Material
ceramic
Object dimensions
H: 11.5; W: 14.0
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
3
Height of letters
 
Description
written on convex side
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete, but highly obliterated
Date
700–899
Chronological systems
Egyptian calendar
indiction
Dating formulae
ⲙ̣⸌ⲏ̣⸍ ⲑ̣ⲱ̣ⲑ̣ ⲇ̣̄ ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲛ
Transcription
"in the month of Thoth, in the 4th indiction" (l. 2)
Months
ⲑ̣ⲱ̣ⲑ̣
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
notary (ⲛⲟ⸌ⲧ⸍): l. 3
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
© The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA79658
Image
Image not available
Source
 
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Ruffini 2010, p. 233 (no. 4), photo at <https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA79658>
Other editions
 
Other publications
Adams 2005, pp. 45, 182–4; CSCN, pp. 111–14
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