Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 2085
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 2085 |
| Publication Number |
O.Bodl. II 451 |
| Current Location |
Oxford Ashmolean 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] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at right and bottom |
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) |
line endings missing; ink somewhat faded |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, probably the hand of the scribe of O.Berl. 22 and perhaps of SB VI 9545, 1 |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
85 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
40 |
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| Line Distance |
85+y x 40+y |
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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 |
Has paid Pelaias* A--- Galatos for poll tax on 2nd year of Gaius (Caligula). praktor and scribe not mentioned.
hand similar to the one in O.Berl. 22 and SB VI 9545, 1. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
corr. l. 1 name Pelaias A--- |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Thus has paid Pelaias, son of
A--- |
2 | | grandson of Galatos, for laographia of the
second year of Gaius Caesar |
3 | | Augustus Germanicus
sixteen silver drachmas, |
4 | | = 16 dr. ---
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 12780 |
man |
Pelaias* A--- Galatou |
Palaias A--- Galatou |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Gaius (Caligula) |
02 |
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38 CE 39 CE |
date in text, emperor probably Gaius.; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309051 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
71152 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.bodl;2;451 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309051 (= Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 2085), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
