Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 549
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Jerusalem, Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 549 |
| Publication Number |
O. Varia 9, P. L. Bat. 26 9 |
| 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) |
65 mm | 120 mm | 15 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper part is broken off. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
| Comments on Object |
"The somewhat ribbed inside is covered by a thin greyish layer of an unidentified substance." (Vleeming in O Varia) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The first line ls lost, some signs of the remaining lines are faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wider, irregular line pitch. The text seems to be set centered on the surface of the landscape format potsherd, with very small margins at the beginnings of the lines. The top is lost today, but at the bottom a broader margin is existant. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
90 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
35 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
90 x 35 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for nḥṱ.t 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 |
A tax payer who's name is lost is confirmed by Pametis, son of Chnoumeus, of having paid the nḥṱ.t tax of the 19th regnal year in an lost amount of kite. The issuance was made on declaration of Nephorites, son of Nechthenibis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | [Thus has brought NN an amount of money of /// kite] |
2 | | for his
nḥṱ.t tax for the 19th regnal year. Issued by Pametis, |
3 | | son of Chnoumeus.
On declaration of Nephorites, son of Nechthenibis, |
4 | | in the 20th regnal
year, 20th of Hathyr, of Pharaoh Ptolemaios.
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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 |
20 |
Hathyr |
21 |
-265 January 13 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). (245)
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Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents in A. D. 2005-2006 (2007). (13)
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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. 9)
| DatasetID |
307178 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
3004 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307178 (= Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 549), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
