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Ostr. Berlin P. 4163

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 4163
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 17
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	(unknown) Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Wiedemann, Alfred 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	purchase
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1889 and 1889
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Wiedemann, Alfred Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	55 mm \| 88 mm \| 6 mm
Dating	between 65 and 67
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at right

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	rechts abgebrochen
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Rufonius Antigonos
Comments on Text Layout	4 lines, right side broken off, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Rufonius Antigonos
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Roufonius Antigonos for geometria Phoinkonos of the harvest of year 12, paid by Senzmethis in year 13 of Nero.
Location of Composition	Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. l. 2, beginning of father's name: Ach[ corr date: year 13 of Nero, after the harvest of year 12!
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Woman
Comment on Gender	woman as taxpayer for land
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	Ῥουφώνιος Ἀντίγονος. διαγεγρ(άφηκεν)
2	Σενζμῆθις Ἀχ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ὑπὲρ
3	γεομετρίας ¹ l. γεωμ(ετρίας) φοινικῶνος ιβ (ἔτους) (δραχμὰς) ̣. (ἔτους) ιγ ²ed. ιβ (ἔτους) [Κλαυδίου]
4	Νέρωνος τοῦ κυρίου ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣.

¹ l. γεωμ(ετρίας)
² ed. ιβ (ἔτους) [Κλαυδίου]

convex

1	Rufonius Antigonos. Thus has paid
2	Senzmethis, daughter of Ach---, for
3	survey tax of palm groves of year 12, drachmas ---. Year 13 of
4	Nero the lord, ---

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4435	man	Rufonius Antigonos	Ῥουφώνιος Ἀντίγονος	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Nero	13			65 August 29 CE 66 August 28 CE	date corrected to year 13 of Nero, since geometria is always paid in the year following the harvest;

Literature

Bilabel, Friedrich, BL 2,1: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band II, 1 (1929). (46)
Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (no. 17)

DatasetID	1224
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	01224
Trismegistos	76598
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;17
Author	BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 1224 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 4163), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer.