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Persons & Deities

Ostr. Berlin P. 10686

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 10686
Publication Number	O.Berlin 36
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)	88 mm \| 84 mm \| 5 mm
Dating	between 128 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Sarapion, son of Sibylleus
Comments on Text Layout	5 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution for a statue of the emperor (merismos andriantos)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sarapion, son of Sibylleus, boethos
Text Types	documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of praktor Kalasiris for the contribution for a statue of the emperor, written by Sarapion, son of Sibylleus, paid by Panes, son of Zmetpos, in year 13 of Hadrian.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	Καλασῖρις πράκτωρ. διέγραψεν Πᾶνες
2	Ζμετπῶτος ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ἀνδριάντων δραχμὰς
3	δύω, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) β. (ἔτους) ιγ Ἁδριανοῦ
4	τοῦ κυρίου Θὼθ κ̅α̅. Σαραπίων
5	Σιβυλλέως ¹ed. Σιβύλ(εως) βοηθός.

¹ ed. Σιβύλ(εως)

convex

1	Kalasiris, collector. Thus has paid Panes,
2	son of Zmenptos, for contribution of statues
3	two drachmas, = 2 dr. Year 13 of Hadrian
4	the lord, Thoth 21. Sarapion,
5	son of Sibylleus, assistant.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
12470	man	Kalasiris praktor	Kalasiris praktor	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	13	Thoth	21	128 September 18 CE	date in text;

Literature

Aly, Shereen A., Seven Ostraca from the Egyptian Museum featuring the tax collector Kalasiris and his Entourage (2019). (216)
Viereck, Paul, Ostraka aus Brüssel und Berlin (1922). (no 36)

DatasetID	2850
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	02850
Trismegistos	24428
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.berl;;36
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 2850 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10686), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.