Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 551
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Jerusalem, Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 551 |
| Publication Number |
O. Varia 11, P.L. Bat. 26 11 |
| 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) |
45 mm | 77 mm | 12 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, the last signs of the lines are damaged due to the writing on the ancient breaks. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Narrow line pitch. The text was placed mainly on the upper half of the landscape format potsherd, with small but rather equal margins on top and at the lateral sides. The third, short line was placed in the lower right part, arranged acording to the outline shape of the sherd. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
69 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
25 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
69 x 25 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for the price of oil |
| 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 |
Belles, son of Herianoupis, is confirmed by Phatres, son of Hartophnachthes, of having paid the price of oil of the 25th regnal year in an amount of 1/4 1/6 kite for the month Mesore. |
| 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 Belles, son of Herianoupis, an amount of money of ¼ ⅙ (kite) |
2 | | for oil of the 25th regnal year, Mesore. Issued by Phatres, |
3 | | (son) of Hartophnachthes.
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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 |
25 |
Mesore |
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-260 May 21 BCE -260 June 19 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307180 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
3006 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307180 (= Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 551), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
