Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 542
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Jerusalem, Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 542 |
| Publication Number |
O. Varia 1, P.L. Bat. 26 1 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| 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) |
Mallon, Alexis SJ
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 |
donation |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Mallon, Alexis SJ
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
95 mm | 70 mm | 12 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Complete. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch. Each line beginns begins close to the right rim. The whole text was placed on the upper two-third of the surface, while the empty space is blocked with the distended last sign. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
63 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
42 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
63 x 42 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for sheep tax |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Harpaesis, son of Thotortaions, is confirmed by Esonnophis, son of Pasenis, of having paid the sheep tax of the 13th regnal year, in an amount of 7 kite. The issuance was made on declaration of Pachnoumis, son of Payris. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Thus has brought Harpaesis, son of Thotortaios, an amount of money of 7
kite |
2 | | for the sheep tax for the 13th regnal year. |
3 | | Issued by
Esonnophris, son of Pasenis. On declaration of Pachnoumis, son of Payris, |
4 | | in the 13th regnal year, 30th of Pachons.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 6520 |
man |
Harpaesis, son of Thotortaios |
Ḥr-pa-Ꜣs.t sꜢ Ḏḥwtỉ-ỉ.ỉr-dỉ-s |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
13 |
Pachons |
30 |
-272 July 22 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Pictures
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Literature
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den Brinker, Anna Adriana & Muhs, Brian & Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (2005). (244)
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Devauchelle, Didier, Notes sur quelques ostraca démotiques: à propos d'un ouvrage récent (1998). (375)
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Vleeming, Sven P., Ostraka Varia: Tax receipts and legal documents on Demotic, Greek, and Greek-Demotic Ostraka, chiefly of the early Ptolemaic period, from various collections (1994). (no. 1)
| DatasetID |
307164 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
2995 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307164 (= Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 542), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
