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Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 547

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Jerusalem, Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute
Inventory Number Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 547
Publication Number O. Varia 7, P.L. Bat. 26 7
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) 55 mm | 85 mm | 7 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
Language, Primary Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Narrow line pitch. The complete text was placed into the upper half of the surface of the potsherd only. It begins close to the right rim and shows irregulär margins at the line ends. At the top, a small margin is existing.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 62 0
Column Height (in mm) 32 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 62 x 32 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for nḥṱ.t tax
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Harmais, son of Pasenis, is confirmed by Eschnoumis, son of Esouris, of having paid the nḥṱ.t tax of the 9th regnal year in an amount of 2 kite.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ı͗n Ḥr-m-ḥb sꜣ Pa-sny ḥḏ qd 2
2 n nꜣy=f 1Vleeming read pꜣy=f ḥḏ nḥṱ.t n-ḏr.t Ns-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-Ḥr
3n ḥsb.t 9 ı͗bd 1 šmw sw 2

1 Vleeming read pꜣy=f
convex
1Thus has brought Harmais, son of Pasenis, an amout of money of 2 kite
2(for) his nḥṱ.t tax. Issued by Eschnoumis, son of Esyris,
3in the 9th regnal year, 2nd of Pachons.
PBI_547_S1_001
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PBI_547_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
6630 man Harmais, son of Pasenis Ḥr-m-ḥb sꜢ Pa-sny pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos 09 Pachons 02 -276 June 25 BCE internal dating, without name of the ruler;

 

Pictures

PBI_547_S1_001
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PBI_547_S2_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 307176
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 3002
Author Jan Moje
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 307176 (= Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 547), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.