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Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 2669

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 2669
Publication Number O.Bodl. II 455
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
Dating between 98 and 117
Criteria for Dating emperor Trajan in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at 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 left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of praktor Hermogenes
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6
Quantity of Columns 1
Line Lenght (in mm) 46
Column Height (in mm) 36
Line Distance x+46 x 36

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of praktor Hermogenes
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. l. 1 m]e(tros) Tesouris problem Kriou???
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion pastophoros

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγραψ(εν) - ca.9 -μη̣τρὸς Τεσο̣ῦρις 1ed. ̣τεσα̣ξις παστοφόρος Κρίο̣υ̣
2ὑπ(ὲρ) λαογραφ(ίας) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ (ἔτους) Τ̣ραειανοῦ 2 l. Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος
3τοῦ κυρίου ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμὰς) δέκα ἑπτὰ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ
4- ca.16 - Ἑ̣ρμογένης πρά̣κ̣τωρ
5ἔγραψα. (ἔτους) ̣ Τραιαν̣ο̣ῦ τοῦ κυρίου
6 -?- ι̣στις.

1 ed. ̣τεσα̣ξις
2 l. Τραιανοῦ
convex
1Thus has paid NN, son of NN and the mother Tesouris, pastophoros of Krios? (the ram?),
2for poll tax of the --- year of Trajan Caesar
3the lord, seventeen silver drachmas, = 17 dr.
4--- Hermogenes, collector,
5I have written. Year ? of Trajan the lord,
6---?
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4443 man Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor Ἑρμογένης Αμμωνατος πρακτωρ Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 98 CE 109 CE identification of praktor Hermogenes, Trajan;

 

Pictures

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Literature

 

DatasetID 309054
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 71156
Papyri.info ddbdp/o.bodl.;2;455
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309054 (= Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 2669), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.