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Ostr. Berlin P. 10723

TEI-XML-File: https://p612399.webspaceconfig.de/xml/elephantine_erc_db_002867.tei.xml

Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 10723
Publication Number	O.Berlin 46
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty:
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
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Abd el Megid (Luxor) Certainty:

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, medium brown
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	100 mm \| 111 mm \| 6 mm
Dating	between 161 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 scribe Pachnoubis boethos
Comments on Text Layout	9 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	9
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (χειρωναξίου)
Ancient Archives	private archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachnoumis, son of Petosorsmetis (boethos)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through the assistant Pachnoubis, for trade tax (χειρωνάξιον), paid by Ammonios, son of Sarapion and the mother Thinzmethis.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	l. 4 kleine Änderung
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	Οὔλπιος Κερεᾶλις μισθωτὴς ἱερᾶς
2	πύλης Σοήνης διὰ Παχνουβις ¹ l. Παχνούβιος βοηθοῦ.
3	διέγραψεν Ἀμμωνις ² l. Ἀμμώνιος Σεραπίωνος μητρὸς Θινζμήτιος
4	ὑπὲρ χειρωναξίου α (ἔτους) δραχμὰς δώδεκα ὀβολοὺς &lt;δύο> ³ed. ὀβο(λοὺς) β, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ (διώβολον).
5	(ἔτους) β Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου
6	Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος
7	Σεβαστοῦ καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος
8	Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου Οὐήρου
9	Σεβαστοῦ Φαῶφι ι̅β̅.

¹ l. Παχνούβιος
² l. Ἀμμώνιος
³ ed. ὀβο(λοὺς) β

convex

1	Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred
2	Gate of Syene through the assistant Pachompsachis.
3	Thus has paid Ammonios, son of Sarapion and the mother Thinzmetis,
4	for trade tax of year 1 twelve drachmas (two) obols, = 12 dr 2 ob.
5	Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Marcus
6	Aurelius Antoninus Caesar
7	Augustus and Imperator Caesar
8	Lucius Aurelius Verus
9	Augustus, Phaophi 12.

Places (read out from edition)

Σοήνης (places.xml#8)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
12575	man	Ammonios, son of Sarapion and Thinzmethis	Αμμωνιος Σεραπίωνος Θινζμήτιος	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius + Verus	02	Phaophi	12	161 October 9 CE	date in text;

Literature

DatasetID	2867
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	02867
Trismegistos	24439
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.berl;;46
Author	BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 2867 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10723), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning.