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Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 548

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Jerusalem, Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute
Inventory Number	Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 548
Publication Number	O. Varia 8, P.L. Bat. 26 8
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 \| 90 mm \| 10 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 centered on the surface, with small but equal margins, following the outline of the potsherd. On the top, the margin is slightly broader.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	78	0
Column Height (in mm)	40	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	78 x 40	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for nḥṱ.t tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Stamnaichnoumis, son of Thotortaios
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Chnoumeus, son of Psenpelaias, is confirmed by Stamnaichnoumis, son of Tootortaios, of having paid the nḥṱ.t tax of the 16th regnal year in an amount of 1 kite.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

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Translation

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1	ı͗n H̱nm-ı͗w sꜣ Pꜣ-šr-pꜣ-mr-ı͗ḥ ḥḏ qd 1
2	tꜣy=f pš qd ½ r ḥḏ qd 1 ꜥn n ḥḏ nḥṱ.t
3	n ḥsb.t 16 n-ḏr.t Sḏm-n=y-H̱nm sꜣ Ḏḥwti-ı͗. ı͗r-ḏı͗ -s
4	n ḥsb.t 17 ı͗bd 1 pr.t sw 11

convex

1	Thus has brought Chnoumeus, son of Psenpelaias, an amount of money of 1 kite,
2	its half is ½ kite, yields an amount of money of 1 kite again, (for) the nḥṱ.t tax
3	for the 16th regnal year. Issued by Stamnaichnoumis, son of Thotortaios,
4	in the 17th regnal year, 11th of Tybi.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
6635	man	Chnoumeus, son of Psenpelaias	H̱nm-ỉw sꜢ PꜢ-šr-pꜢ-mr-ỉḥ	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	17	Tybi	11	-268 March 4 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	307177
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	3003
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307177 (= Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 548), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.