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Ostr. Berlin P. 10737

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 10737
Publication Number	O.Berlin 34
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, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	102 mm \| 121 mm \| 6 mm
Dating	between 116 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 (scribe 1)
Comments on Text Layout	7 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax, prison guards and salary of river police boats (laographia, desmophylakitikon and opsonion potamophylakidon)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sarapion scribe 1
Text Types	documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt written and signed by the scribe Sarapion for poll tax (laographia), prison guards (desmophylakitikon) and salary of river police boats (ὀψώνιον ποταμοφυλακίδος), paid by Pachnoubis, son of Phanophis and the mother Tisatis.
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	διέγραψεν Παχνοῦβις Φανώφε-
2	ως μητρὸς Τισατις ¹ l. Τισάτιος λαογραφίας ιθ (ἔτους) Τραιανοῦ
3	Ἀρίστου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου κα-
4	τὰ μέρος δεκαεπτὰ (ἡμιωβέλιον), δεσμοφυλάκων (ἡμιωβέλιον) ,
5	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ (ὀβολός), ὀψωνίου ποταμοφυ-
6	λακιδου ² l. ποταμοφυ\|λακίδος (δραχμὴν) α (τριώβολον). διὰ Σαραπίωνος
7	Ἐπεὶφ κϛ.

¹ l. Τισάτιος
² l. ποταμοφυ|λακίδος

convex

1	Thus has paid Pachnoubis, son of Phanophis
2	and the mother Tisatis, for poll tax of year 19 of Trajanus
3	Optimus Caesar the lord, in
4	instalments seventeen (dr.) 1/2 ob., for prison guards 1/2 ob.,
5	= 17 dr. 1 ob., for salary of the river police
6	boats 1 dr. 3 ob. through Sarapion,
7	Epeiph 26.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
21965	man	Pachnoubis, son of Phanophis and Tisatis	Παχνοῦβις Φανώφεως Τισατις	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	19	Epeiph	26	116 July 20 CE	date in text;

Literature

Viereck, Paul, Ostraka aus Brüssel und Berlin (1922). (no 34)

DatasetID	2874
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	02874
Trismegistos	24426
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.berl;;34
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 2874 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 10737), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.