Ostr. Berlin P. 12009
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 12009 |
| Publication Number |
O.Varia 13 |
| 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 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, medium brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
90 mm | 83 mm | 17 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Surface partly damaged at the rims. |
| 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. |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text covers nearly the entire surface of the square potsherd, with medium and equal margins on all sides. The Demotic text was set directly belwo the Greek text with very narrow interspace. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
7+2 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
81 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
88 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
81 x 88 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for cloth 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 |
Totoes is confirmed by Ptolemaios, attorney of Apollonios of having paid the cloth tax for the 38th regnal year in an amount of 5 drachmas and 2½ obols surcharge. Demotic subscription of Peteyris. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Subscription in Demotic: tax type, payer, Issuer, date, amount in Egyptian currency (2½ kite). |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | (ἔτους) λη Φαῶφι κδ πέπτωκεν
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2 | | ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Συήνηι τρά-|
3 | | πεζαν Πτολεμαίω
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4 | | τῶι παρʼ Ἀπολλωνίου
εἰς τὸ |
5 | | λη (ἔτους) ὀθονιηρᾶς Τοτοῆς
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6 | | χαλκοῦ πέντε ἐπαλ- |
7 | | γη l. ἐπαλ<λα>γή)
ὀβολοὺς δύο ἡμιωβέλιον.
1 l. ἐπαλ<λα>γή)
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8 | | pꜣ dnı͗ (n) ḥbs (n) ḥsb.t 30 (n-)ḏr.t Twtw sꜣ H̱nm-m-ꜣḫ.t
ḥḏ qd 2½ |
9 | | n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr
Vleeming, Ostraka Varia (1994), Nr. 13 ergänzt hier noch (n).
ḥsb.t 38 ı͗bd 2 ꜣḫ.t sw 24
1 Vleeming, Ostraka Varia (1994), Nr. 13 ergänzt hier noch (n).
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1 | | 38th regnal year, 24th of Phaophi. Thus has paid |
2 | | into the bank
of Syene |
3 | | to Ptolemaios, |
4 | | the clerk of Apollonios, for the |
5 | | 38th regnal year for the cloth tax, Totoes |
6 | | five drachmas copper,
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7 | | surcharge of two obols and one half-obol. |
8 | | The cloth tax for
the 37th regnal year, from Totoes, son of Chnoummachis: 2½ silver kite. |
9 | | Issued by Peteyris. 38th regnal year, 24th of Phaophi.
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| Places (read out from edition) Συήνηι (places.xml#s8) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 4010 |
man |
Apollonios P 12009 |
Ἀπολλώνιος |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
38 |
Phaophi |
24 |
-248 December 12 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). (81-82)
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Schubart, Wilhelm & Kühn, Ernst, BGU VI: Papyri und Ostraka der Ptolemäerzeit (1922). (no. 1375)
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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. 13)
| DatasetID |
100243 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Berlpap |
03397 |
| Trismegistos |
3009 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.vleem;;13 |
| 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 100243 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12009), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); BerlPap-Team, Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek). |
