Ostr. London, BM EA 14075
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
London, British Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, BM EA 14075 |
| 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 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 |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 15 6 1876 and 15 6 1876 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Junker, Hermann
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
Late Period > Graeco-Roman |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The left part is lost. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
one-sided |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
All line endings are lost in an unknown extend, only signs are faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Late Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Roman Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed onto the upper half of the potsherd, with small margins one on top and the right side, and a broder one on the left side. The lower half of the potsherd remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
50 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
45 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
50 x 45 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax ( laographia) |
| 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 |
Petosorsmetis, son of Petosorsmetis, is confirmed by Petosorsmetis, son of Petephaus, of having paid the poll tax for the 6th regnal year, in an amount of 4 stater. |
| 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 | | That which was paid by Peteosorsmetis, son of [Peteosorsmetis] [for the] |
2 | | poll tax for the 6th regnal year (of) Nero [Claudius Caesar] |
3 | | Augustus German[icus] [Autokrator], |
4 | | 30th of Pharmouthi. [4(?)] staters. [Issued bei Petosorsmetis, son of Pete-] |
5 | | [_]phaus.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Nero |
06 |
Pharmuthi |
30 |
60 April 25 CE |
internal dating, with name of the ruler.; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307659 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
51692 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307659 (= Ostr. London, BM EA 14075), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
