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Temple of Narmouthis: house of the ostraca

TM Arch id: 534

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bilingual: Greek, Demotic and bilingual Greek-Demotic

temple archive

Found in: 00c - Narmouthis (Medinet Madi)

AD02 AD03

Description: some 1471 ostraca found stored in the temple of Narmouthis; school texts, horoscopes, drafts

Publication: O. Narm. Gr. 1; O. Narm. Dem. 1-2-3

Studies: Sijpesteijn, ZPE 76 (1989), p. 85-92; Giannotti, Istruzioni per un apprendista bibliotecario negli ostraka demotici e bilingui di Narmuthis, in EVO 30 (2007), p. 117 & n. 2; Menchetti / Pintaudi, CdE 84 (2009), p. 201-238; Rutherford, Bilingualism in Roman Egypt? Exploring the archive of Phatres of Narmuthis, in Evans / Obbink, The language of the papyri, 2010, p. 198-207

Works: Only part of the archive is thus far published; the rest is studied by Paolo Gallo and Rosario Pintaudi.

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531 texts (of which 531 certain)

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TM number	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date

TM 113801	Egitto e Vicino Oriente (EVO) 30 (2007), p. 155-157	certain	pottery	Demotic / Greek	AD 124 after? (year 12, Phaophi 10; date of the horoscope; the dates of the Demotic horoscope and the Greek birth note (Phaophi 10 year 12) do not match)
TM 175247	Egitto e Vicino Oriente (EVO) 34 (2011), p. 62-64	certain	pottery	Demotic	AD 131 after?
TM 40896	SB 26 16411	certain	pottery	Greek	AD 138 Aug 29 - 139 Aug 29 after? ((Antoninus Pius?), year 02; date of the horoscope) or AD 161 Aug 29 - 162 Aug 28 after? ((Marcus Aurelius?), year 02) or AD 193 Aug 29 - 194 Aug 28 after? ((Septimius Severus?), year 02)
TM 14844	SB 20 14193	certain	pottery	Greek	AD 139 Dec 17 after? (Antoninus Pius?, year 03, Choiak 20; date of the horoscope; cf. HGV (Süss)) or AD 162 Dec 16 after? (Marcus Aurelius?, year 03, Choiak 20)
TM 128612	Chronique d‘Égypte (CdE) 82 (2007), p. 234 no. 3	certain	pottery	Greek	AD 141 after ((Antoninus Pius), year 04, Tybi 5; date of the horoscope)