Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.383
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.383 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilb. 5 |
| Current Location |
New York, Brooklyn Museum |
| 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] |
| Type of Discovery |
excavation or purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Wilbour, Charles Edwin
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 |
donation |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
"Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour."
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 20 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand not identified yet |
| |
recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax (laographia) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt for poll tax in year 20, dated to the emperor Tiberius, paid by Psenchnoubis, son of Pachn(oubis). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
corr. l 2, correction of Shelton of Pachn(oubis) to Pachn(autos) not necessary nor probable. stick to the first edition. date corr. by Shelton = 4. Aug.! (not correct in papyinfo) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Tiberius |
06 |
Mesore |
11 |
20 August 4 CE |
date in text; day corrected by Shelton.; |
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Literature
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Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert & Verhoogt, A.M.F.W. & Hoogendijk, Francisca A.J. & Kruit, Nico, BL 10: Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band X (1998). (302)
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Préaux, Claire, Les ostraca grecs de la Collection Charles Edwin Wilbour au Musée de Brooklyn. (1935). (no. 5)
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Shelton, John C., Greek and Latin Papyri, Ostraca, and wooden tablets in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. (p. 148)
| DatasetID |
308616 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76517 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilb;;5 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 308616 (= Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.383), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
