Ostr. London, British Library 12070
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 12070 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilck. 241 |
| Current Location |
London, British Library |
| 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 District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Chester, Greville John
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
purchase |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Krall, Jakob
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 160 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 of Ammonios praktor 2 in the signature at the end and hand of the assistant Pachompetenephotes for the rest of the receipt except the first word, which was written also by Ammonios. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for contribution |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt Ammonios and Sokration, the (two) praktores argyrikon of Elephantine through the assistant Pachompetenephotes for Menophilos the elder, son of Orbais and Tisatis and for Harpaesis, their son, for merismos of the 23. year of Antoninus Pius. signature of the praktor Ammonios. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok. extraordinary change of hands in l. 1 and l. 5. Ammonios writes his name in l. 1 und the signature at the end. The assistant Pachompetenephotes takes over after the first word and writes the whole receipt. |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman
Child |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation, son second taxpayer |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Ammonios and Sokration, the 2 collectors of money taxes at Elephantine,|
2 | | through the assistant Pachompetenephotes. Thus has paid |
3 | | Panapothis, son of Ammonios and the mother Thinnesis, for the contributions |
4 | | of year 21, 1 dr. 1 1/2 ob. Year 23 of Antoninus Caesar the lord,|
5 | | Payni 13. I, Ammonios, have signed.
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| BL 12070_S1_001 |
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| Places (read out from edition) Ἐλεφαντίνης (places.xml#3) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 13790 |
man |
Ammonios praktor 2 |
Ἀμμώνιος |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Antoninus Pius |
23 |
Payni |
13 |
160 June 7 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| BL 12070_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
308981 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76808 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilck;;241 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 308981 (= Ostr. London, British Library 12070), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
