Ostr. Berlin P. 12154
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12154 |
| Publication Number |
ined. P. 12154 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
registered as existing during revision (1963) |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
partage |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1906 and 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
80 mm | 71 mm | 10 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Outside surface damaged on one spot. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
2nd and 3rd line partially faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed centered on to the surface of the potsherd, without lateral margins. Both the upper right as well as the lower middle crotch remain uninscribed.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
69 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
58 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
69 x 58 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt tax |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
Thotortaios, son of Esyris, is confirmed by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis, of having paid the salt tax for the 28th regnal year in an amount of ⅓ kite and 4 obols. Greek subscription. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Subscription in Greek: tax farmer. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
Inventory book mentioning the Greek text. |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Thus have brought Thotortaios, son of Esyris, and Pathothes |
2 | | ⅓ silver (kite) and 4 obols (for) the salt tax (for) the 28th regnal year. Issued by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis. |
3 | | 29th regnal year, 17th of Thoth. Countersigned: Petepiphis, son of Pachnoumis. |
4 | | Through Petepiphis.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
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man |
Pathotes |
Pa-Ḏḥwtı͗ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
29 |
Thoth |
17 |
-257 November 7 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Pictures
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
100218 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Berlpap |
09984 |
| Author |
Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100218 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12154), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek). |
