Ostr. Zürich, AI 1840
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Zürich, Archäologisches Institut des Universität |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Zürich, AI 1840 |
| Publication Number |
O. Varia 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: high |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Hess, Jean-Jacques (Fribourg CH)
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
unknown |
| 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 1949 and 1949 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Hess, Jean-Jacques (Fribourg CH)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
42 mm | 97 mm | 8 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 |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Rather wide line pitch. The complete text was placed centered on the potsherd, with very small and irregular margins. The lower left part of the surface remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
90 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
32 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
90 x 32 |
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 |
Pachnoumis, sohn of Payris, is confirmed by Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, of having paid the salt tax of the 8th regnal year in an amount of 0,5 kite. |
| 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 Pachnoumis, son of Payris, ½ silver kite |
2 | | for the salt tax for the 8th regnal year. Issued by Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, |
3 | | in the 8th regnal year, 4th of Phamenoth.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
08 |
Phamenoth |
04 |
-239 April 19 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307182 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
3022 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307182 (= Ostr. Zürich, AI 1840), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
