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Ostr. Berlin P. 345

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 345
Publication Number O.Wilck. 1274
Current Location magazine
Publication Permission Status (unknown)
Publication Status (unknown)

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

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 194 and 195
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left

Text Basic Information

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 left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for various contributions
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for various contributions, given out by the praktores --- and Mettis Tyrannos, paid by Ammonios---, with subscript of Mettis.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text translation? corr. l. 2-3 Duttenhöfer, ZPE 202, 242-243, note 52, tax title and date. first line at upper margin not recognized in ed. signature of Mettis Tyrannos; scribe Bienchis, cf. O.Bankes 35!
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Σερῆνος νεώτ(ερος) Παχνουμ(ιος) καὶ Μέτις Τύραννος 1l. 1 not transcribed in ed.
2πράκ(τορες) άργ(υρικῶν) καὶ σιτ(ικῶν) Ἐλεφαντίνης. διέγραψεν Ἀμμώνιος
3 -?- μερισμ(οῦ) κεφαλ(αίου) ἐν προχ(ρεία) ἐξωδιασθέντος ε̣ἰς̣ ἐ̣π̣ισ̣κευήν 2ed. ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣τι ̣( )
4πραισιδίων καὶ σκοπέλων (δραχμὰς) ? καὶ ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ποταμοφυλακίδων
5καὶ στατίωνος καὶ πλοίου πραιτωρίου λήμματος γ (ἔτους) (δραχμὴν) α (τριώβολον), (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) γ (τριώβολον).
6 Μέττις σεσημίωμαι 3 l. σεσημείωμαι.

1 l. 1 not transcribed in ed.
2 ed. ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣τι ̣( )
3 l. σεσημείωμαι
convex
1[Serenos the younger, son of Pachnoumis,] and Mettis Tyrannos,
2[collectors of taxes in money and kind] at Elephantine. Thus has paid Ammonios,
3[son of NN, for the contribution for the total] paid out in advance for the building
4[of praesidia and watch towers ? dr.] and for the contribution of river police boats
5[and guard posts and the ship of the praetorium] of the accounting of year 3, 1 dr. 3 ob., = 3 dr. 3 ob.
6(hand 2) [Metti]s, I have signed.
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4004 man Ammonios --- P. 345 Ἀμμώνιος Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Septimius Severus 03 194 CE 195 CE date in text;

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 307121
last Change 29.07.2022
Berlpap 00684
Trismegistos 77658
Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;1274
Author Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 307121 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 345), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.