Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Eg. Inscr. 892
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Eg. Inscr. 892 |
| Current Location |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (transferred to the museum in 1947 for permanent deposit) |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
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 |
find (unspecified)
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
(unknown)
Certainty: high |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| 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 |
Late Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Roman Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text covers nearly the complete surface of the potsherd. the lower left crotch remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
64 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
59 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
8 |
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| Line Distance |
64 x 59 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll 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 |
Amenothes, son of Panachtes, is confirmed by Espmetis, son of Osoroeris, of having paid the poll tax for the 6th regnal year. |
| 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 Amenothes, (son) of Panachtes, the fee |
2 | | for the poll tax ..?.. for the 6th regnal year. ..?.. |
3 | | Total: 120..?.., 120 silver deben [_] ..?.. |
4 | | Mesore [_] obol ..?.. |
5 | | Issued by Espmetis, son of Osoroeris. |
6 | | 6th regnal year 21st of Payni.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 35620 |
man |
Amenothes, son of Panachtes |
I͗mn-ḥtp sꜣ Pa-nḥṱ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Tiberius |
06 |
Payni |
21 |
20 June 13 CE |
Internal dating, without name of the ruler.; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307490 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307490 (= Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Eg. Inscr. 892), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
