Ostr. Strasbourg, BibNat O. gr.-dem. 50

Collection	Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale
Inventory Number	Ostr. Strasbourg, BibNat O. gr.-dem. 50
Publication Number	O.Strasb. 37
Current Location	Strasbourg, Universitiy Library
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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	purchase Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Wiedemann, Alfred Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	(unknown)
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Loeb, James Certainty: high

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The right part is broken off in undetermined extent.
Mounting	(non [ostracon])
Comments on Object	Innere Seite mit schwarzem Pech.

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Heavy damages to the text, the line endings of the Greek text resp. the line beginnings of the Demotic text are lost.
Script, Primary	Greek
Script, additional A	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	Demotic: Rather hastily written. Greek: documentary, hand unknown
Comments on Text Layout	Demotic: Narrow line pitch.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	10	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)		0
Column Height (in mm)		0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance		0

Modern Title	receipt for salt tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Ptolemaios, bank clerk
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of the bank of Syene, written by the scribe Ptolemaios, dated in year 5 (Ptol. III.). A person is confirmed of having paid 4 drachmas for salt tax of the 3rd regnal year and further 4 dr. perhaps for the 4th year?, in total 8 drachmas. Demotic subscription mentioning 3 kite and a certain Horos, son of Haryotes. Relationship of both texts unclear due to heavy damage of the entire text.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Demotic subscription mentioning 3 kite and a certain Horos, son of Haryotes. Relationship of both texts unclear due to heavy damage of the entire text.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. 2: en Syene, l. 6 pros argyrion
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Ethnicity / Multiculturalism	Egyptian.
Gender	Man

Transcription

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1	(ἔτους) ε Φαῶ̣φι -?-
2	ἐν Συήνηι τρ̣ά̣πεζαν ¹ed. ει ̣ ̣ω ̣ι ̣ -?- Πτολε-
3	μ̣αίου γραμματέως ²ed. ταρου γρ( ) καὶ ο ε̣ -?-
4	των Ἀπυννορο ³Another reading proposal according to TM is Μυννορο[///]. -?-
5	ἁλικῶ̣ν τοῦ γ ∟ ̣ ̣ -?-
6	πρὸς ⁴ed. ̣ ̣ ̣ ἀργύριον (δραχμὰς) δ καὶ -?-
7	(δραχμὰς) δ τὰς πάσας (δραχμὰς) ὀκτώ -?-

¹ ed. ει ̣ ̣ω ̣ι ̣
² ed. ταρου γρ( )
³ Another reading proposal according to TM is Μυννορο[///].
⁴ ed. ̣ ̣ ̣

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1	Year 5, Phaophi ? --- to
2	the bank in Syene ---(through?) Ptole-
3	maios, scribe, and ---
4	of Apynnoro ---
5	of salt of the 3rd regnal year ---
6	4 copper dr. in silver standard and ---
7	4 drachmas, total eight drachmas ---
8	[///]ypen: 3 kite. Issued by
9	[///] ..?.. kite ..?..
10	[///] Horos, son of Haryotes.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
9095	man	Apynnor[///] OR Mynnor[///]	Ἀπυννορο[///] OR Μυννορο[///]	(not identified)

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	05	Phaophi		-243 November 18 BCE -243 December 17 BCE	Dating by content. Dating by prosopography. Internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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DatasetID	307652
last Change	15.08.2022
Trismegistos	75637
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.stras;1;37
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic; Meta tata)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307652 (= Ostr. Strasbourg, BibNat O. gr.-dem. 50), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic; Meta tata).