Ostr. Berlin P. 10744
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 10744 |
| Publication Number |
O.Varia 24 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| 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 |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
61 mm | 67 mm | 6 mm |
| Dating |
between -219 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Surface partly abraded. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
| Comments on Object |
In the inventory book the second language Demotic is not mentioned. |
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, Demotic partly faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Narrow line pitch.
The text ranges from the right to the left rim without larger margins. The lower half of the pothserd remained uninscribed unless the Demotic was later added. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5+2 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
64 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
53 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
64 x 53 |
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 |
Patobastis, son of Tityris, and his wife Stemzmet are confirmed by Doros of having paid the salt tax for the 3. regnal year in an amount of 4 obols and 1½ obols. Demotic countersignature of Pasbet. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Demotic subscripton: Issuer and year. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Woman
Man |
| Comment on Gender |
- Activity of woman: tax payer
- Identifier of woman: wife of a man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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6 | | sẖ Pa-sbṱ
Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 245. ḥsb.t 3 |
7 | | ı͗bd 1 šmw sw 22 Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 245. The
autopsy of the original by J. Moje proves this suggestion.
1 Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 245.
2 Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 245. The
autopsy of the original by J. Moje proves this suggestion.
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1 | | 3rd regnal year, 22nd of Pachons. Thus have |
2 | | paid Petobastis,
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3 | | son of Tityris, for the salt tax through |
4 | | Doros 4 obols,
Stensmetis, |
5 | | (his) wife 1 ½ obols. |
6 | | Countersigned by Pasbet. 3rd
regnal year, |
7 | | 22nd of Pachons.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 1555 |
man |
Pasbet |
Pasbṱ |
(not identified) |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios IV Philopator |
03 |
Pachons |
22 |
-219 July 1 BCE |
DBL. internal dating, without name of the ruler, 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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Schubart, Wilhelm & Kühn, Ernst, BGU VI: Papyri und Ostraka der Ptolemäerzeit (1922). (no. 1320)
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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. 24)
| DatasetID |
100240 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Berlpap |
02876 |
| Trismegistos |
3020 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.vleem;;24 |
| 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 100240 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10744), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); BerlPap-Team, Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek). |
