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Ostr. Cairo EM CG CG 9606

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number Ostr. Cairo EM CG CG 9606
Publication Number O.Cairo GPW 79
Current Location Cairo, Egyptian 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]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Simon, James
Certainty:

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 147 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left and right side.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) broken at left and right.
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, cursive, hand unknown, signature of praktor Germanos
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for contribution (merimos)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of Germanus and Papremithes, praktores argyrikon of Elephantine for merismos of year 10 of Antoninus, paid by Petepoueris, the elder, son of Harpaesis and ?; with signature of Germanus
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. l. 2 name: Pe]tepouhris meiz() for meizon, son of Harpaesis! l. 5 signature only of Germanos!
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Γερμανὸς καὶ Παπρεμίθης πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Ἐ̣λεφ(αντίνης).
2διέγρα(ψεν) Πετεπουῆρις μείζων 1ed. Πε]τεσυῆρις Μ̣ε̣ρζ( ) Ἁρπαήσι̣ος μητ(ρὸς)
3 ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ος ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ι (ἔτους) Ἀντωνίνου Κ̣αί̣σαρος
4τοῦ κυρίου̣ ῥυπαρὰς (δραχμὰς) β (τριώβολον) (χαλκοῦς 2) Μεσορὴ η̅.
5 [vac. ] Γ̣ε̣ρμαν̣ὸ̣ς̣ σ̣ε̣ση̣μεί̣ωμ̣α̣ι̣ (δ̣ρ̣α̣χ̣μ̣ὰ̣ς̣) β̣ (τ̣ρ̣ι̣ώ̣β̣ο̣λ̣ο̣ν̣) (χ̣α̣λ̣κ̣ο̣ῦ̣ς 2̣). 2ed. (hand 2) [Παπρεμίθ(ης) σεσ]ημ̣(είωμαι). (hand 3) Γ̣ε̣ρμα(νὸς) σ̣ε̣[σ]η̣[με]ί̣[ω]μ̣α̣ι̣.

1 ed. Πε]τεσυῆρις Μ̣ε̣ρζ( )
2 ed. (hand 2) [Παπρεμίθ(ης) σεσ]ημ̣(είωμαι). (hand 3) Γ̣ε̣ρμα(νὸς) σ̣ε̣[σ]η̣[με]ί̣[ω]μ̣α̣ι̣.
convex
1Germanos and Papremithes, collectors of money taxes at Elephantine.
2Thus has paid Petepoueris the elder, son of Harpaesis and the mother
3NN, for the contribution of year 10 of Antoninus Caesar
4the lord, brutto, 2 dr. 3 ob. 2 ch., Mesore 8.
5(2. hand) Germanos, I have signed (for) 2 dr. 2 ob. 2 ch.
     
Places (read out from edition)
  • Ἐ̣ (places.xml#3)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    12660 man Germanos praktor Γερμανος Latin

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Antoninus Pius 10 Mesore 08 147 August 1 CE date in text;

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 308647
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 73425
    Papyri.info ddbdp/o.cair;;79
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 308647 (= Ostr. Cairo EM CG CG 9606), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.