Ostr. Berlin P. 9502
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 9502 |
| 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 |
purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Simon, James
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Thebes |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
donation |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1899 and 1899 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Simon, James
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
82 mm | 68 mm | 11 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) |
Complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Medium line pitch.
The right-aligned text was placed centered onto the surface of the potsherd, with broad upper, lower and right margins. The line endings come up to the left rim. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
52 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
41 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
52 x 41 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for nḫṱ.t tax |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Pachnoumis, son of his mother Tapoeris, is confirmed by Parates of having paid the nḥṱ.t tax for the 17th regnal year in an amount of 1 kite. |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ı͗n
Pa-H̱nm mw.t=f Ta-Pꜣ-wr
ḥḏ
qd 1 |
2 | |
n
ḥḏ nḥṱ.t Vleeming, Ostraka Varia (1994), 20 Anm. 44: nḥṱ(?): Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 672.
n
ḥsb.t 17
n-ḏr.t
Pa-rṱ
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3 | | n ḥsb.t 17 ı͗bd 2 šmw sw 28
1 Vleeming, Ostraka Varia (1994), 20 Anm. 44: nḥṱ(?): Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 672.
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1 | | Thus has brought Pachnoumis, (son) of his mother Tapoeris: 1 (silver) kite |
2 | | (for) the nḫt.t tax (for) the 17th(?) regnal year. Issued by Parates |
3 | | in the 17th(?) regnal year, 28th of Payni.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
17 |
Payni |
28 |
-268 August 18 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100247 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
51703 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100247 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 9502), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
