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Ostr. Cairo EM CG 9711

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number Ostr. Cairo EM CG 9711
Publication Number O.Cairo GPW 63
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 () [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery find (unspecified)
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) (unknown)
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt unknown
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt () [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution (unknown)
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 0 and 0
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) (unknown)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Color pottery, brown
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) 92 mm | 88 mm | unbekannt mm
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Upper left corner lost.
Mounting (non [ostracon])

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) Beginnings of the first six greek lines lost. Some signes faded.
Script, Primary Greek
Script, additional A Late Demotic
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A Roman Demotic
Comments on Handwriting Greek: "Awkward unciale" (Wilcken in O Cairo Cat). Demotic clear.
Comments on Text Layout Convex: 6 l. Greek, 1 l. Demotic, 3 l. Greek. Wider and equal line pitch, for all lines in both languages/scripts. The text covers nearly the complete three-fourth of the potsherd surface, with onmy very slim margins on top and at the right side. The lower fourth part remains uninscribed. The complete Greek text is written in one hand.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6+1+3 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content NN, son of Bienchis, is confirmed by Peteosorsmetis, son of Pa-..?.. (given in Demotic) of having paid the poll tax for the 11th regnal year in an amount of 12 drachmas = 3 staters in month Hathyr, and in an amount of 4 drachmas in month Phamenoth. Demotic (ERC Elephantine, Moje): Demotic subscription: Name of issuer Petosorsmetis, and value concerning 3 stater The first payment is signed with the demotic line, the further Greek text is mentioned four month later, than only in Greek.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual) Demotic (ERC Elephantine, Moje): Demotic subscription: Name of issuer Petosorsmetis, and value concerning 3 stater.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok (corr. in bilingual article Duttenhöfer)
Multilingualism Bilingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διαγεγρά̣φηκε
2 ̣βι Βιήνχι 1l. ] ̣βις Βιήνχιος ὑπὲρ
3λαγραφίας 2l. λαογραφίαςτοῦ ια ∟
4Τειβερίου 3l. Τιβερίου Καίσαρος
5Σεβ̣αστος4l. [Σε]βαστοῦ, ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) δέκα δίου5l. δύο
6(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ Ἁθὺρ ιγ

1 l. ] ̣βις Βιήνχιος
2 l. λαογραφίας
3 l. Τιβερίου
4 l. [Σε]βαστοῦ,
5 l. δύο
convex

71Transcription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Moje. n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr pꜣ swn ẖr sttr 3.t

1 Transcription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Moje.
convex

8 ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) δέσσαρες1l. τέσσαρας.
9(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ, Φαμενὼθ
10ιε

1 l. τέσσαρας.
convex
1 Thus has paid
2 [ca. 6]bis, son of Bienchis, for
3 the poll tax of the 11th year
4 of Tiberius Caesar
5 Augustus twelve drachmae,
6 = 12 dr., 13th of Hathyr.
7 Issued by Petosorsmetis. The value concerning 3 staters.
8 ditto, four drachmae,
9 = 4 dr., 15th of
10Phamenoth.
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
7545 man imperator 02 Tiberius: Tiberius Caesar Augustus Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβòάστος / τοῦ(sic) Καίσαρος Latin

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Tiberius 11 Hathyr 13 24 November 9 CE internal dating, without name of the ruler First date: in first Demotic-Greek text;

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 307186
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 73409
Papyri.info ddbdp/o.cair;;63
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 307186 (= Ostr. Cairo EM CG 9711), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).