Ostr. Cairo EM SR 12464 / 2
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM SR 12464 / 2 |
| Publication Number |
Cairo ined 12464-2 |
| 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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, red brown |
| 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 Handwriting |
Fluttering and unstedy handwriting. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide but partly unsteady line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, without margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
50 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
60 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
50 x 60 |
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 |
Sisois, wife of Seharpchepesh, is confirmed by Patous, son of Horos, of having paid the rate for the salt tax for the 7th regnal year, in an amount of 0,25 kite. Countersigned by Paretis, son of Payris, and Harsiesis, son of Pouoptis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
- Identifier of woman: wife of a man
- Activity of woman: tax payer |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Thus has brought Sisois, the wife of |
2 | | Senharpchepesh, ¼ (silver) kite for the salt |
3 | | tax (for) the 7th regnal year. Issued by Patous, son of Horos. |
4 | | 6th regnal year, 22nd of Hathyr. |
5 | | Countersigned by Paretis, son of Payris. |
6 | | Countersigned by Harpaesis, son of [Pouoptis].
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 1025 |
man |
Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis |
Ḥr-pa-Ꜣs.t sꜢ PꜢ-wp.ṱ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
06 |
Hathyr |
22 |
-241 January 8 BCE |
Dating by content. Dating by prosopography. Internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Literature
| DatasetID |
307624 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
81177 |
| Author |
Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307624 (= Ostr. Cairo EM SR 12464 / 2), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography). |
