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Ostr. Berlin P. 12659

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 12659
Publication Number SB VI 9545, 29
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 archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high
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

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating of Object Jul 4 / Tiberius, Reg.-Jahr 02, Epeiph 10
Dating between 16 and 16
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
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, early roman cursive, same hand as OGL 411, 1882 and 1229; name of scribe unknown.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (χειρωναξίου)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) of year 2 or Tiberius, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Bienchis. same handwriting as in OGL 411, 1882 and 1229.
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 Pictures
convex
1διαγεγράφηκε
2Πετορζμῆθις Βιῆν-
3χις χιροναξίου 1 l. χειρωναξίου
4τοῦ (ἔτους) β Τιβερίου Καί-
5σαρος Σεβαστοῦ
6Ἐφὶφ ι (δραχμὰς) κ.

1 l. χειρωναξίου
convex
1Thus has paid
2Petorzmethis, son of Bien-
3chis, for trade tax
4of the 2nd year of Tiberius Cae-
5sar Augustus,
6Epeiph 10, 20 dr.
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
26470 man Petorzmethis, son of Bienchis (Tiberius SB 9545, 29) Πετορζμῆθις Βιήνχιος pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Tiberius 02 Epeiph 10 16 July 4 CE date in text;

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 307128
last Change 29.07.2022
Berlpap 03589
Trismegistos 19091
Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;6;9545_29
Author Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 307128 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12659), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.