Ostr. Vindob. D 312
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Wien, Nationalbibliothek Ostr |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Vindob. D 312 |
| Publication Number |
P.Harrauer 27 |
| 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 Details |
Unknown |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Junker, Hermann
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 |
purchase |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1911 and 1911 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Junker, Hermann
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
79 mm | 82 mm | unknown 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, some signs faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Narrow line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, only on top with a small margin. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
7 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
70 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
68 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
70 x 68 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt 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 |
Eirene, daughter of Jason, is confirmed by Orseus, son of Imouthes, of having paid the salt tax of the 23rd regnal year in an amount of 1,5 obols. with greek subscript |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Greek subscription: Summary of the demotic text. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
- Activity of woman: tax payer
- Identifier of woman: daughter of a man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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4 | | πέπτωκεν
παρὰ Ἰρή-|
5 | | -νη̣ς ἁλὸς (ὀβολὸν) (ἡμιωβέλιον) |
6 | | (ἔτους) κδ μ̣ηνὸς |
7 | | Επὲπ ιγ
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1 | | Thus has brought Eirene, daughter of Jason, |
2 | | 1½ obols for
the salt tax for the 23rd regnal year. Issued by |
3 | | Orseus, son of
Imouthes, in the 23rd regnal year, 13th of Epeiph. |
4 | | Thus has paid
Eir-|
5 | | -ene: Salt tax 1½ obols. |
6 | | 24th year, |
7 | | 13th of Epeiph.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
23 |
Epeiph |
13 |
-262 September 11 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler
greek Financial year 24 = Egyptian year 23; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307167 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
56497 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307167 (= Ostr. Vindob. D 312), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
