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Persons & Deities

Ostr. Berlin P. 10729

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 10729
Publication Number	O.Berlin 29
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:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty:
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
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Erman, Adolf Certainty:

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, medium brown
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	63 mm \| 67 mm \| 5 mm
Dating	between 83 and 84
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 praktor Sokrates
Comments on Text Layout	4 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (χειρωναξίου)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sokrates praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis, has paid for trade tax (χειρωνάξιον) two instalments of 8 and 4 dr. The scribe is not mentioned, but can be identified with the praktor Sokrates.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	Πετορζμῆθις Πετορζμῆθις ὑπὲρ χιρωναξίου ¹ l. χει(ρωναξίου) τρίτου (ἔτους)
2	Δομιττιανοῦ ²l. Δομιτιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
3	(δραχμὰς) ὀκτώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η, ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) δ,
4	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ.

¹ l. χει(ρωναξίου)
² l. Δομιτιανοῦ

convex

1	(Thus has paid) Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis, for trade tax of the third year
2	of Domitian the lord
3	eight dr., = 8 dr. ditto 4 dr.,
4	= 12 dr.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4255	man	Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis (Vesp/Domit)	Πετορζμῆθις Πετροζμήθιος	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Domitian	03			83 August 30 CE 84 August 28 CE	date in text;

Literature

Viereck, Paul, Ostraka aus Brüssel und Berlin (1922). (no. 29)

DatasetID	2869
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	02869
Trismegistos	24421
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.berl;;29
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 2869 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10729), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.