Pap. Berlin P. 13503

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13503
Publication Number	P.Eleph. 4
Current Location	Cairo, Egyptian Museum (transferred to the museum in 1912)
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	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
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Königliche Museen zu Berlin Certainty: high

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	perpendicular (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	double document; only the first part transcribed
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	9+9	4+4
Quantity of Columns	1	4
Height of Line / Letter

Modern Title	Contract concerning the payment of "tropheia"
Ancient Archives	private archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| contract
Summary of Content	contract concerning the payment of tropheia, interpreted as mariage contract, contract with a concubine or as a release of a slave. The Syrian woman named Elaphion pays an amount of money to Pantarkes, a Greek man probably of military context, as tropheia; with witnesses and seals. Almost the same contract was made out by Elaphion some 7 months later to Antipatros = P.Eleph. 3.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	content of contract not yet clear
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	woman as contractant
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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1	βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου (ἔτους) μα ἐφʼ ἱερέως Εὐρέου τοῦ Προίτου τῶι γ (ἔτει) μηνὸς
2	Ὑπερβερεταίου. κατέβαλεν Ἐλάφιον Σύρα μετὰ κυρίου Δίωνος Παντάρκει Ἀρκάδι τροφεῖα
3	ὑπὲρ αὑτῆς ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς τετρακοσίας. μὴ ἐξέστω δὲ Παντάρκει ἐπελθεῖν ἐπʼ Ἐλάφιον
4	εἰσπράττοντι τροφεῖα ἢ καταδουλούμενον παρευρέσει μηδεμιᾶι μηδʼ ἄλλωι ὑπὲρ Παντάρκους
5	μηθενί. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἥ τε ἔφοδος αὐτοῖς ἄκυρος ἔστω καὶ ἀποτεισάτω Παντάρχης Ἐλαφίωι ἢ τῶι
6	ὑπὲρ Ἐλαφίου πορευομένωι ἐπίτιμον δραχμὰς μυρίας. ἡ δὲ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κυρία ἔστω πανταχῆι
7	οὗ ἂν ἐπιφέρηι Ἐλάφιον κατὰ Παντάρκους ἢ ἄλλος ὑπὲρ Ἐλαφίου πράσσων καθάπερ καὶ Ἐλαφίωι
8	γέγραπται. μάρτυρες Κλεόνικος Ἀρκάς, Νικαγόρας Κυρηναῖος, Ῥοδοκλῆς Αἰγινήτης,
9	Ἀφροδίσιος Σιδώτης, Διονύσιος Μάγνης, Θαλίαρχος Κυρηναῖος. συγγραφοφύλαξ Νικαγόρας.

1	In the 41st year of the reign of Ptolemy, Eureas the son of Proitos being priest in his 3rd year, in the month
2	Hyperberetaios. Elaphion, a Syrian woman, her legal guardian being Dion, has paid to Pantarkes the Arcadian as support
3	for herself 400 drachmas of silver. Let it not be permitted to Pantarkes to bring suit against Elaphion
4	in order to exact support or enslave her on any pretext, and not to anyone else acting for Pantarkes.
5	Or else, let their proceeding be invalid and let Pantarkes pay back to Elaphion or to him
6	who acts for Elaphion a penalty of 10,000 drachmas. Let this contract be valid everywhere,
7	wherever Elaphion or another acting for Elaphion may produce it against Pantarkes, exactly as
8	written by Elaphion. Witnesses: Kleonikos the Arcadian, Nikagoras the Cyrenaean, Rhodokles the Aeginetan,
9	Aphrodisios of Side, Dionysios of Magnesia, Thaliarchos the Cyrenaean. Keeper of Contracts: Nikagoras.

Contract of Elaphion

Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4138	man	Aphrodisios	Ἀφροδίσιος	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios I Soter	41	Hyperberetaios		-283 June 19 BCE -283 July 17 BCE	date in text;

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Wilcken, Ulrich, Referat: Papyrus-Urkunden (P. Eleph) (1913). (209)

DatasetID	307140
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03736
Trismegistos	5839
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.eleph;;4intdupl
Author	Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307140 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13503), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.