Ostr. Berlin P. 10809
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 10809 |
| Publication Number |
O.Varia 25 |
| 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) |
68 mm | 75 mm | 10 mm |
| Dating |
between -219 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| 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) |
Complete. Text faded and partly erased. |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, ptolemaic cursive, hand of Doros |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The left-aligned text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6+2 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
68 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
59 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
68 x 59 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt tax and receipt for compulsory labor 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 |
Pamounis is confirmed by the tax farmer Doros of having paid the salt tax and the compulsory labor tax for the 4. regnal year in an amount of 4 obols and 2 drachmas; his wife Stenzmet the salt tax in anmount of 1½ obols. Demotic countersignature of Pasbet. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Demotic subscripton: Issuer, tax type, payer, year. |
| 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 |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | (ἔτους) δ Φαρμοῦθι Ϛ
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2 | | τέτακται Παμοῦν
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3 | | ἁλικῆς διὰ Δώ- |
4 | | ρου (τετρώβολον) Συη̣ν̣ιτῶν |
5 | | λ̣ο̣γείας
This tax Συηνιτῶν λογείας is so far seldom atteted in other Elephantine texts. Cf. Vleeming, Ostraka Varia (1994), Nr. 25. (δραχμὰς) β, Ταιμοῦτ
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6a | | γυνὴ (ὀβολὸν) (ἡμιωβέλιον).
1 This tax Συηνιτῶν λογείας is so far seldom atteted in other Elephantine texts. Cf. Vleeming, Ostraka Varia (1994), Nr. 25.
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6b | | (n-)ḏr.t Pa-sbṱ qd 1⅓ (ḏbꜥ.t) 1.t ½ wp s.t(?) |
7 | | pꜣ dnı͗ (n) ḥmꜣ qd ⅓ (ḏbꜥ.t) 1.t ½ ꜥrṱ(?) qd 1
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1 | | 4th regnal year, 6th of Pharmuthi. |
2 | | Thus have paid Pamun(is) |
3 | | for the salt tax, through Do- |
4 | | ros 4 obols, for the compulsory labor |
5 | | tax 2 drachmas; Taimouthes, |
6a | | his wife, 1½ obols. |
6b | | Issued by Pasbet. 1 ⅓ kite,1 ½ (obols). Their specification(?): |
7 | | The salt tax: ⅓ kite + 1½ (obols) (and) liturgy tax: 1 kite.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 1505 |
man |
Pamounis, son of Teos |
Pa-Ỉmn sꜢ Ḏd-ḥr = Παμουνις |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios IV Philopator |
04 |
Pharmuthi |
06 |
-219 May 20 BCE |
date in text, financial year, corr. Clarysse-Thompson; |
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Literature
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Clarysse, Willy & Thompson, D.J., The Salt-Tax Rate Once Again (1995). (224-227)
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Muhs, Brian, Tax Receipts, Taxpayers and Taxes in Early Ptolemaic Thebes (2005). (42)
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Schubart, Wilhelm & Kühn, Ernst, BGU VI: Papyri und Ostraka der Ptolemäerzeit (1922). (no. 1324)
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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. 25)
| DatasetID |
100228 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Berlpap |
02890 |
| Trismegistos |
3021 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.vleem;;25 |
| 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 100228 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10809), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); BerlPap-Team, Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek). |
