Ostr. Vindob. D 139
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Wien, Nationalbibliothek Ostr |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Vindob. D 139 |
| Publication Number |
P.Harrauer 26 |
| 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: medium |
| Ancient Provenance Details |
Unknown |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
find (unspecified)
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) |
106 mm | 88 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. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The two Demotic lines range from the right to the left rim without lateral margins, while the third Greek line is centered. The whole text was placed onto the upper half of the potsherd, the lower part remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
80 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
33 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
80 x 33 |
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 |
Horos, son of Panas, is confirmed by Phatres, son of Hartophnachthes, of having paid the salt tax of the 33rd regnal year in an amount of 0,5 kite. Greek subscription by Petepiphis with repetition of tax type and amount in Greek currency. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Greek subscription with repetition of tax type and amount in Greek currency. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Thus has brought Horos, son of Panas, ½ silver kite (for) the salt tax |
2 | | (for) the 33rd regnal year. Issued by Phatres, (son) of Hartophnachthes. 33rd regnal year, 24th of Pachons. |
3 | | For the salt tax: 1 drachma.
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 11495 |
man |
Horos, son of Panas |
Ḥr sꜢ Pa-nꜣ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
33 |
Pachons |
24 |
-252 July 11 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307168 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
56496 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307168 (= Ostr. Vindob. D 139), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
