SB 1 5624, SB 24 16087, Allen 3, C.Étiq.Mom. 523, Short Text 2 801

Edition number

Institution:

Metropolitan Museum

City_country:

New York, USA

Inventory number:

10.130.1131

Edition number:

SB 1 5624, SB 24 16087, Allen 3, C.Étiq.Mom. 523, Short Text 2 801

TM number:

40579

Period:

Roman

Date:

225 - 275 AD

Dating crit:

Provenance:

Akhmin

Prov crit:

Acquisition:

Preservation:

Complete

Material:

Wood

Material sub_type:

Ink:

Black

Format:

Rectangular

Corners of the tabula:

Left rounded and right sharp

Number of ears:

Corners of the ears:

Number of holes:

Hole position:

Left

State of preservation:

Good

Special features:

The tabula is longer on the left side

Dimensions of the label:

13.5 x 5 left / 4.1 right

Dimensions of the scripture:

Dimensions of the margin:

Other dimensions:

Type:

Sub_type:

Text format:

Incised/painted

Has writing on both sides:

Yes

Language:

Greek/Demotic

Type of script:

Uncial

Orientation:

Lengthwise

Has illustration:

Type of illustration:

Text:

Recto: Σενπ{τ}ηούθης Σούλιος μητρὸς Ταφιώμ<ι>ος verso: DEMOTIC

Translation:

Recto: Senpteouthis son of de Soulis and Taphiomis.verso:May her soul live, while she will serve before Osiris-Sokaris, the Great God, Lord of Abydos. Tsenpnoute, daughter of Soulis, her mother being Taphiom.

Commentary:

Publication:

H. F. Allen, Five Greek Mummy-Labels in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, American Journal of Philology 34, 2 (1913): 193, S. P. Vleeming, Some Mummy Labels in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, W. Clarysse, A. Schoors, H. Willems (eds.), Egyptian Religion. The Last Thousand Years. Studies Dedicated to the Memory of Jan Quaegebeur, Orientalia Lavoniensia Analecta, 1998, 488

Catalogue:

Bibliography:

S. P. Vleeming, Demotic and Greek-Demotic Mummy Labels and Other Short Texts Gathered from Many Publications, Studia Demotica 9, Leuven, 2011, n. 801

URL:

https://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%281913%2934%3A2%3C194%3AFGMITM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H

Additional information:

Plate in H. F. Allen, Five Greek Mummy-Labels in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, American Journal of Philology 34, 2 (1913)

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