Ostr. Berlin P. 340

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 340
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 137
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 1879 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Travers, Consul Gustav Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Erman, Adolf Certainty: high

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 128 and 128
Criteria for Dating	date in text, and parallels
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at right, surface covered with residue

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	broken at right
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Triadelphos
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for enrollment in a priestly office (eiskritikon)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Triadelphos praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of praktor Triadelphos for eiskrition (fee for the enrollment into a priestly office), paid by Petorzmethis, Sohn des Harpaesis, pastophoros of the god Ammon in year 10 of Trajan.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	small corr. text after WO 136! date year 10 = 125-126
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	pastophoros of Ammon, the greatest god

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	Τριάδελφος πράκτωρ. διέγραψ(εν) Πετορ-
2	ζμῆθις Ἁρπαήσιος παστοφόρος
3	Ἀμμῶνος θεοῦ μεγίσ(του) ὑπ(ὲρ) εἰσκ(ριτικοῦ)
4	δραχμὰς ὀκτο ¹l. ὀκτώ τριόβολον ² l. τριώβολ(ον) (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η (τριώβολον). (ἔτους) ι Ἁδριανοῦ
5	Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣

¹ l. ὀκτώ
² l. τριώβολ(ον)

convex

1	Triadelphos, collector. Thus has paid Petor-
2	zmethis, son of Harpaesis, shrine-bearer
3	of Ammon the great god, for the enrollment fee
4	eight drachmas three obols, = 8 dr. 3 ob. Year 10 of Hadrian
5	Caesar the lord (month, day).

Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
26620	not applicable	Ammon, god	Ἄμμων	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	10			125 CE 126 CE	date in text, corr. according to WO 136, year 10 Hadrian.;

Bilabel, Friedrich, BL 2,1: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band II, 1 (1929). (49)
Boswinkel, Ernst & Clarysse, Willy & Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, BL 7: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band VII (1986). (300)
David, Martin & van Groningen, B. A. & Kiessling, Emil, BL 3: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band III (1958). (272)
Gallazzi, Claudio & Pintaudi, Rosario & Worp, Klaas A., Ostraca Greci del Museo Egizio del Cairo. (139)
Kruse, Thomas, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung. Untersuchungen zur Verwaltungsgeschichte Ägyptens in der Zeit von Augustus bis Philippus Arabs (30v.Chr.-245 n.Chr.) (2002). (I 258-261)
Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (no. 137)

DatasetID	307120
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	00681
Trismegistos	76710
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;137
Author	Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307120 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 340), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.