Pap. Berlin P. 13510

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13510
Publication Number	P.Eleph. 14 = WChr 340 = Sel.Pap. II 233
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
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
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Dating	between -223 and -222
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	surface slightly abraded.
Mounting	framed between glass

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	surface slightly abraded
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	27
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Ordinance of the sales auction of public possessions.
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| administrative document
Summary of Content	Announcement of a government auction stating the terms and conditions for the purchase arable land, vineyards and priestly offices in great detail.
Location of Composition	Edfou / Apollonpolis magna Upper Egypt, 2nd nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. l. 22: --- eikosten, sonst ok, photo in berlpap translation according to Bagnall-Derow, no. 87
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	sale of priestly offices

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

1	ἐπὶ τοῖσδε π̣ωλοῦμεν ἐ̣φ̣ʼ οἷς -?- ο̣ἱ̣ κυ̣ρω̣θ̣έντες ¹ BL 8.119 : [ἀγ]ο̣ρά̣σ̣α̣ντ[ε]ς prev. ed. διορθώσονται
2	εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν τῶν μὲν ἀμπελώνων τοὺς καθήκον-
3	τας ἀργυρικοὺς φόρους καὶ τὴν γε̣νομένην ² l. γινομένην ἀπόμοιραν τῆι
4	Φιλαδέλφωι, τῆς δὲ γῆς τὰ ἐπιγεγραμμένα σιτικὰ ἐκφόρια καὶ εἴ
5	τι ἄλλο καθήκει π̣ρ̣ὸ̣ς̣ τὴν γ̣ῆν δίδοσθαι, τάξονται δὲ τὰς τιμὰς
6	τῶν μὲν πιπτόντων εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν τράπεζαν τῶν δὲ εἰς τὸ
7	των̣ - 9 - ̣ι τράπεζαν ἐν (ἔτει) γ, τῶν μὲν γερ̣ῶν τ̣ῆ̣ς π̣άσης τι-
8	μῆς τὸ (τέταρτον(?)) μέρος χρυσίου ἢ ἀργυρίου τοῦ καινοῦ νομίσματος,
9	τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν χαλκοῦ καὶ τὴν εἰθισμένην ἀλλαγὴν ὡς τῆι μνᾶι ι (δραχμὰς) (δυοβόλους) (ἡμιωβέλιον)
10	τῶν δʼ ἄλλων ἐνγαίων χαλκοῦ καὶ τὴν εἰθισμένην ἀλλαγήν, προσ-
11	διορθώσονται δέ καταγώγιον τῆι μνᾶι (τριώβολον) καὶ τὴν καθήκου-
12	σαν (ἑξηκοστὴν) καὶ κηρύκειον τοῦ παντὸς (χιλι)οστήν ³pap. ἀοστην, ὁ δὲ πριάμενος τῶν
13	μὲν γ̣ε̣ρῶν λήψεται τὰς γινομένας καρπείας ἅμα τῶι
14	τὴν α ἀνα̣φ̣ορ̣ὰ̣ν̣ διαγραφῆναι τῶι βασιλικῶι, τῆς δὲ γῆς κυρι-
15	εύσει καὶ τῶν καρπῶν, ἐὰν ἦι ὑπὸ τῶν κυρίων κατεσπαρμένη·
16	ἐὰν δὲ ᾖ μεμισθωμένη, διορθώσονται οἱ γεγεωργηκότες τὸ
17	{το} ἐκ̣φόριον̣ τῶι ἀγοράσαντι ἐκ τῶν πρὸς τοὺς γεωρ-
18	γοὺς σ̣υ̣ν̣γρ̣αφ̣ῶ̣ν̣, τῆς δὲ τιμῆς τάξονται παραχρῆμα
19	τὸ (τέταρτον) μέρος, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἐν (ἔτει) γ ἀπὸ τοῦ εκ ⁴ l. κε (ἔτους) τασσόμε-
20	νοι κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν τοῦ Ἐπεὶφ καὶ Μεσορὴ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον
21	σωμάτιον, ἔκ τ̣ε̣ κ̣τ̣ηνῶν καὶ σκευῶν παραχρῆμα τὴν
22	πα̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ν εἰκοστὴν ⁵ed. π ̣[ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣στὴν καὶ τὴν ἐννενηκοστὴν ⁶l. ἐνενηκοστὴν, BL 8.119 : π ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ν̣ε̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ε̣ννε κ̣[ ̣]σ̣τ̣[ ̣]ν prev. ed., κυριεύσουσιν δὲ
23	καθʼ ἃ καὶ οἱ πρῶτον κύριοι ἐπέκτηντο· ἐξέσται δὲ τῶι βου-
24	λομένωι ὑπερβάλλειν, ἕως ἔτι ἐν τοῖς κύκλοις εἰσὶν ὅσωι ἂν
25	βούλη̣τα̣ι̣, ὅ̣τ̣α̣ν̣ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς πράσεως γένωνται, τοῖς ἐπι-
26	δεκάτοις, μέχρ̣ι τοῦ τὴν α ἀναφορὰν διαγραφῆναι· τὰ δὲ
27	πωλούμενα ἄπ̣ρα̣τ̣α̣ ἐν ταῖς κὰ ⁷ l. κατὰ τὸ διάγραμμα ἡμέραις ϛ.

¹ BL 8.119 : [ἀγ]ο̣ρά̣σ̣α̣ντ[ε]ς prev. ed.
² l. γινομένην
³ pap. ἀοστην
⁴ l. κε
⁵ ed. π ̣[ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣στὴν
⁶ l. ἐνενηκοστὴν, BL 8.119 : π ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ν̣ε̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ε̣ννε κ̣[ ̣]σ̣τ̣[ ̣]ν prev. ed.
⁷ l. κατὰ

1	We offer for sale on the following terms: the successful bidders shall pay
2	to the crown annually in the case of vineyards the appropriate
3	money taxes and the apomoira due to
4	(Arsinoe) Philadelphus, and for the arable land the imposed rents in kind and what-
5	ever other payment is required in respect of such land. They shall pay the price
6	of that which concerns the crown to the royal bank, and of that which concerns
7	the --- (temples? into their own?) bank, within three years, concerning the priestly offices of the whole price
8	the 4th part in gold or silver of the new coinage
9	and the remainder in copper with the customary agio at the rate of 10 drachmae 2,5 obols on the mina,
10	and the price of the other landed property in copper with the customary agio, and in addition
11	they shall pay for the cost of carriage (for the copper) three obols per mina and the proper
12	1/60th and as crier's fee on the whole purchase 1/1000th. The purchaser of the
13	priestly offices shall receive the due revenues as soon as the
14	first instalment has been paid to the crown, and he shall be owner of the land;
15	and of its produce, if it has been sown by the former owners,
16	if it has been leased, those who have cultivated it shall pay
17	the rent to the purchaser in accordance with the contracts made
18	with the cultivators. The purchasers shall pay of the price immediately
19	the 4th part and the remainder in 3 years beginning from year 25, paying
20	annually in Epeiph and Mesore the amount which falls
21	due, and on cattle and implements they shall pay immeditately the
22	taxes --- the 1/20 and 1/90. They shall own
23	the properties in the same way as those who formerly possessed them. Whoever wishes shall be permitted
24	to raise the bid, by as much as he pleases while the auction-ring is still open,
25	but only by ten per cent after the auction is ended
26	and until the 1st instalment has been paid; and the
27	objects offered shall be classed as unsold after the 6 days precribed by the ordinance.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
8060	not applicable	(No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text)	(No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text)	(none)

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-223 BCE -222 BCE	for the date cf. Wilcken, Chrestomatie 340.;

Literature

DatasetID	307148
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03744
Trismegistos	5848
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.eleph;;14
Author	Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307148 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13510), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.