Syene 12-2-56-10/13

reading uncertain. The editors write "“This large ostracon could present the traces of six lines but they seem to be practically illegible.” (Lemaire). Two names are possibly Egyptian: in line 4, Lemaire would tentatively read ptm/t br ... and in line 5 bgt br pḥnm. Pakhnum is a name frequently found in Elephantine (Porten and Lund 2002, 394). According to Yardeni, however (written communication), the first name in line 5 might be pḥnm and the second one pḥns, which would either be the month Pakhons or the personal name Pa-ḫnsw, “he of Khons” (Lüddeckens et al. 2000, 406). Alternately, Vittmann has suggested (written communication) that the second one might also be pḥnm. He says further: “The first name (at the beginning of line 4) p.ym is presumably likewise Egyptian but I am uncertain about the letter after the p. If it were a somewhat broad taw it would be ptym = demotic pa-tm, spoken patêm.” At the beginning of line 6, Lemaire proposes the uncertain reading: ly... ."