Ostr. Berlin P. 10815

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 10815
Publication Number	O.Varia 19
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	registered as existing during revision (1963. 1985)
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Complete.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Script, additional A	Greek
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Language, additional A	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic cursive,
Comments on Text Layout	The Demotic text was placed onto the upper third of the surface of the potsherd, the Greek line was separated from it by a large interspace.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	2+1	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	86	0
Column Height (in mm)	39	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	86 x 39	0

Modern Title	receipt for salt tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Doros (logeutes) Patous, son of Horos
Text Types	documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Tamenech, wife of Totoes is confirmed by Patous, son of Horos, of having paid the salt tax for the 36th regnal year in an amount of ¼ kite. Greek subscription of Doros.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Greek subscripton: Doros, amount in Greek currency (3 obols).
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	- Activity of woman: tax payer - Identifier of woman: wife of a man

Transcription

Translation

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1	ı͗n Ta-mnḫ tꜣ rmṯ.t n Twtw sꜣ H̱nm-m-ꜣḫ.t
2	ḥḏ (qd) ¼ n ḥḏ ḥmꜣ (n) ḥsb.t 36 n-ḏr.t Pa-tꜣ.wı͗ sꜣ Ḥr n ḥsb.t 36 ı͗bd 1 šmw sw 2

convex

3	διὰ Δώρου (τριώβολον)

1	Thus has brought Tamenech, the wife of Totoes, son of Chnoummachis,
2	¼ silver (kite) for the salt tax for the 36th regnal year. Issued by Patous, son of Horos, in the 36th regnal year, 2nd of Pachons.
3	Through Doros 3 obols.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4290	man	Doros (logeutes)	Δῶρος (partly gen. Δώρου)	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	36	Pachons	02	-249 June 18 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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DatasetID	100224
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	02896
Trismegistos	3015
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.vleem;;19
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 100224 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10815), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); BerlPap-Team, Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek).