Ostr. London, British Library 14908 + 15668

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	purchase Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Chester, Greville John Certainty: high
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

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	upper left corner broken off
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Petorzmethis boethos
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution for two statues and busts of the emperors (merismoi andrianton 2 kai protomon 2) and for the construction of watch towers (episkeue skopelon)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Petorzmethis boethos
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of Valerios Serenos and Palachemis, the two praktores argyrikon of Elephantine for merismos andrianton 2 and protomon 2 of the emperors and for oikodomes skopelon, paid by Sarapion, son of Ammonios and Senpetorzmethis.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok. l.3: Serapion instead of Sarapion; small changes with brackets
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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1	Οὐαλέριος Σερῆνος καὶ Παλάχημις οἱ β
2	πράκ(τορες) ἀργ(υρικῶν) Ἐλεφαντίνης διὰ Πετορζμή̣θου
3	βοηθ(οῦ). διέγραψεν Σεραπίων ¹ed. Σαραπίων Ἀμωνίου μη̣τρὸς
4	Σενπετορζμήθιος ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ἀνδριάντων β̅ καὶ
5	προτομῶν β̅ τῶν κυρίων Καισάρων (δραχμὰς) ι, καὶ
6	ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ οἰκοδομίας σκο̣πέλων (τριώβολον) χ(αλκοῦς) γ. (ἔτους) γ Ἀντωνίνου
7	καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων Φαῶφι ι̅α̅.

¹ ed. Σαραπίων

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1	Valerios Serenos and Palachemis, the 2
2	collectors of money taxes at Elephantine, through Petorzmethis,
3	assistant. Thus has paid Serapion, son of Ammonios and the mother
4	Senpetorzmethis, for the contribution of 2 statues and
5	2 busts of the lords Caesares, 10 dr., and
6	for the contribution for the building of watch towers 3 ob. 3 ch. Year 3 of Antoninus
7	and Verus Caesares the lords, Phaophi 11.

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φαντίνης (places.xml#3)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4242	man	Palachemis praktor	Παλαχῆμις	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius + Verus	03	Phaophi	11	162 October 8 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	308995
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76816
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;249
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 308995 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14908 + 15668), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.