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Ostr. Berlin P. 312 + 365

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 312 + 365
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 77
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	(unknown) Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	(unknown) Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	donation
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1875 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Travers, Consul Gustav Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Erman, Adolf Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating of Object	Sep 20 / Traianus
Dating	between 106 and 106
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	piece joint of 5 fragments

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	surface covered by residue, partly hard to read
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of praktor Hermogenes
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of praktor Hermogenes for trade tax of year 7?of Trajan, paid by Harpaesis, son of Phanophis, grandson? of Thrakidas (archive) in two installments in year 9 and 10 of Trajan; with signature of praktor Hermogenes
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok. Tax year in l. 2 incertain. hardly readable.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	διέγραψεν Ἁρπαῆσις Φενώφεως Θρακίδας
2	ὑπὲρ χιρωναξίου ¹l. χειρωναξίου [ἑβδόμ]ου (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ ²l. Τραιανοῦ
3	Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ λόγου (δραχμὰς) ὀκτὼ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η.
4	Ἑρμογένης πράκτωρ ἔγραψα.
5	(ἔτους) θ Τραειανοῦ ³l. Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
6	Φαρμοῦθι ια.
7	ὡ ⁴ l. ὁ αὐτὸς τὰς λυπὰς ⁵l. λοιπὰ (δραχμὰς) τέσσαρες (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ.
8	ι (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ ⁶l. Τραιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου Θὼθ κγ.

¹ l. χειρωναξίου
² l. Τραιανοῦ
³ l. Τραιανοῦ
⁴ l. ὁ
⁵ l. λοιπὰ
⁶ l. Τραιανοῦ

convex

1	Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Phanophis, grandson of? Thrakidas,
2	for trade tax of the seventh? year of Trajan
3	Caesar the lord, on account, eight dr., = 8 dr.
4	Hermogenes, praktor, I have written.
5	Year 9 of Trajan Caesar the lord,
6	Pharmouthi 11.
7	The same, the remaining four dr., = 4 dr.
8	Year 10 of Trajan the lord, Thoth 23.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
12605	man	Harpaesis, son of Phanopis, (grandson of Thrakid)	Ἁρπαῆσις Φανώφεος (Θρακίδ(ου)?	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	10	Thoth	23	106 September 20 CE	date in text;

Literature

DatasetID	307111
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	00659
Trismegistos	76655
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;77
Author	Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307111 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 312 + 365), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.