Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Eg. Inscr. 989
TEI-XML-File: https://p612399.webspaceconfig.de/xml/elephantine_erc_db_307341.tei.xml
Metadata
Collection
Inventory Number |
Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Eg. Inscr. 989 |
Publication Number |
O.Mattha 132 |
Current Location |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (transferred to the museum in 1947 for permanent deposit) |
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 |
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt () [Trismegistos] |
Object
Object Type |
ostracon |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
75 mm | 104 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. |
Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with small and inequal margins on all sides. |
|
recto |
verso |
Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
Line Lenght (in mm) |
89 |
0 |
Column Height (in mm) |
42 |
0 |
Height of Line / Letter |
|
|
Line Distance |
89 x 42 |
0 |
Text Content
Modern Title |
receipt for salt tax |
Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
|
Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
|
Summary of Content |
Harmais, son of Imouthes, and his wife Senpoeris are confirmed by Patous, son of Horos, of having paid the rate for the salt tax for the 35th regnal year in an amount of 2/3+1/12 kite. Greek subscription mentioning the tax farmer not given in the demotic part and the amount in Greek currency. Again in Demotic, coutersigned by Petobatis, son of Esyris. |
Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Greek subscription: Tax farmer, amount in Greek currency. |
Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Bilingual |
Gender |
Man
Woman |
Comment on Gender |
- Activity of woman: tax payer
- Identifier of woman: wife of a man
|
Text
Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
|
3 | | διὰ Δώρου (δραχμὴν) α (τριώβολον)
|
|
1 | | Thus has brought Harmais, son of Imouthes, and Senpoeris, his wife, ⅔ 1/12 silver (kite) |
2 | | for the salt tax (for) the 35th regnal year. Issued by Patous, son of Horos, in the 35th regnal year, 6th of Pachons.
|
3 | | Through Doros: 1 drachma, 3 obols.
|
4 | | Countersigned by Petobatis, son of Esyris.
|
![]() |
Oxford_Ashm_Eg.Inscr.9 |
|
Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
![]() |
Oxford_Ashm_Eg.Inscr.9 |
|
Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
|
|
|
|
Places (read out from edition) |
|
|
People mentioned in Text
ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
4290 |
man |
Doros (logeutes) |
Δῶρος (partly gen. Δώρου) |
Greek, Ancient |
|
|
Dates
RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
35 |
Pachons |
06(?) |
-250 June 27(?) BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Pictures
![]() |
Oxford_Ashm_Eg.Inscr.9 |
|
Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
![]() |
Oxford_Ashm_Eg.Inscr.9 |
|
Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
Literature
DatasetID |
307341 |
last Change |
29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos |
49791 |
Author |
Jan Moje |
Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation |
Data set 307341 (= Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Eg. Inscr. 989), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |