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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1497

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1497
Publication Number O.Eleph. DAIK 213 descr.
Current Location magazine Assuan
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 archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt
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 excavation finds

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 187 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at top and left

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 top and left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragment of a receipt
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Fragment of a receipt for customs duties? with signature
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok (as printed)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1 -?- ̣ πεντήκοντα τὸ̣
x+2καθῆκον τέλος. (ἔτους) κ̣η Αὐρηλίου
x+3Κομμόδου Ἀντω̣ν̣ί̣ν̣ο̣υ̣ Καίσαρος
x+4τοῦ κυρίου Ἁδρ̣ι̣α̣ν̣οῦ η̅ Ἡρακλει?
x+5 -?- εριο? σεσημείωμαι.
convex
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1--- fifty the
x+2appropriate tax. Year 28 of Aurelius
x+3Commodus Antoninus Caesar
x+4the lord, Hadrianos 8. Heraklei---,
x+5son of ---erios, I have signed.
DAIK 1497_S1_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
29635 man Heraklei(?) , son of --- erios Ἡρακλει? …εριο Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Commodus 28 Hadrianos 08 187 December 5 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK 1497_S1_001
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DAIK_1497_S1_001
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DAIK_1497innen_S2_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 308825
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 24265
Papyri.info ddbdp/p.eleph.wagner;1;213
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 308825 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1497), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.