Ostr. Berlin P. 10813
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 10813 |
| Publication Number |
O.Varia 12 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
registered as existing during revision (1963. 1985) |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
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 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
58 mm | 80 mm | 8 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Complete. |
| 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) |
Partly faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Text Layout |
The text was placed centered onto the surface of the potsherd, with broad margins on all sides. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3+1 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
40 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
72 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
40 x 72 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for servant 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 |
Pealais, son of Krur, ist confirmed by Psenthotes, son of Stotoetis, of having paid the servant income tax in an amount of 3 1/4 obols. Greek subscript of Pelaias. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Greek subscripton: payer, amount in Greek currency (3 obols). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Thus has brought Pelaias, son of Krour, 3 ¼ obols from |
2 | | his income of a servant, for the 3rd regnal year. Issued by Psenthotes, |
3 | | son of Stotoetis, in the 3rd regnal year, 24th of Pachons. |
4 | | Pelaias, son of Krour: 3¼ obols.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 1445 |
man |
Pelaias, son of Krour |
PꜢ-mr-ỉḥ sꜢ KꜢrr = Παλαίας (Παλαία) Κρουρ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
03 |
Pachons |
24 |
-244 July 9 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Pictures
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Literature
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Muhs, Brian, Tax Receipts, Taxpayers and Taxes in Early Ptolemaic Thebes (2005). (55, n. 378)
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Schubart, Wilhelm & Kühn, Ernst, BGU VI: Papyri und Ostraka der Ptolemäerzeit (1922). (no. 1455)
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Vleeming, Sven P., Ostraka Varia: Tax receipts and legal documents on Demotic, Greek, and Greek-Demotic Ostraka, chiefly of the early Ptolemaic period, from various collections (1994). (no. 12)
| DatasetID |
100222 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Berlpap |
02894 |
| Trismegistos |
3008 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.vleem;;12 |
| Author |
Jan Moje (Demotic); BerlPap-Team, Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100222 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10813), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); BerlPap-Team, Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek). |
