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Ostr. Berlin P. 10732

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 10732
Publication Number	O.Berlin 24
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, light brown
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	140 mm \| 102 mm \| 7 mm
Dating	between 32 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 unknown
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 poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Currently unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of unknown praktor for poll tax (λαογραφία), paid by Pachompasmethis, the gardener
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	διαγεγράφηκεν Παχομπασμῆθις
2	κηπορὸς ¹ l. κηπουρὸς ὑπὲρ λαουγραφίας ² l. λαογραφίας
3	τοῦ ιη (ἔτους) Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ ³F. Reiter , ed. Σε(βασ)τ(οῦ)
4	Μεσορὴ λ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς
5	δεκαέξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ.

¹ l. κηπουρὸς
² l. λαογραφίας
³ F. Reiter , ed. Σε(βασ)τ(οῦ)

convex

1	Thus has paid Pachompasmethis,
2	the gardener, for poll tax
3	of year 18 of Tiberius Caesar Augustus,
4	Mesore 30, silver drachmas
5	sixteen, = 16 dr.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4316	man	Pachompasmethis	Παχομπασμῆθις	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Tiberius	18	Mesore	30	32 August 23 CE	date in text;

Literature

Viereck, Paul, Ostraka aus Brüssel und Berlin (1922). (no. 24)

DatasetID	2871
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	02871
Trismegistos	24416
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.berl;;24
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 2871 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10732), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.