Ostr. London, BM EA 12091
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
London, British Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, BM EA 12091 |
| Publication Number |
ined. |
| Current Location |
London, British Museum |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance Details |
(unknown) |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
find (unspecified)
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rev Greville John Chester
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 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Junker, Hermann
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
Graeco-Roman |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at left |
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) |
broken at left, surface damaged |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Late Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Roman Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Pachompaimouthes?, with signature of the same in Demotic? |
| Comments on Text Layout |
The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with small margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for contribution? |
| 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 |
receipt of Dionysios and Ammonios and Pachomp(aimouthes), praktores of Syene, for merismos?, paid by Patchnaus, son of Patchnaus, grandson of Pasenis --- , probably in year 18 of Trajan. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Demotic subscription: scribe (=praktor) |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
Problem Pachompaimouthes: dem-greek? Namen? |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Dionysios and Ammonios and Pachomp(aimouthes?)|
2 | | collectors of money taxes of Syene through Pachomp(aimouthes). Thus has paid |
3 | | Pachnaut(is)?, son of Pachnautis, grandson? of Pasenis|
4 | | ---tis --- for the contribution of (year 18?) --- |
5 | | of Traianus Optimus the lord, |
6 | | Mechir (?) 30. |
7 | | Pachnoumis, son of I[mouthes] [///(?)] (or: Pachompaimouthes?) |
8 | | ⸢..?..⸣
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 12435 |
man |
Ammonios praktor (Syene) |
Ammonios praktor |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Trajan |
18 |
Mecheir |
30 |
115 February 24 CE |
date in text, year incertain; |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
307373 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
388576 |
| 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 307373 (= Ostr. London, BM EA 12091), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic). |
