Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 42
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam-Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 42 |
| Publication Number |
SB XX 15051 |
| Current Location |
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England |
| 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] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
(unknown) |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Gillespie, Robert Winton
Certainty: |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
137-05-20 |
| Dating |
between 137 and 137 |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Petesuchos?, subscript of Psanmus |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
65 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
55 |
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| Line Distance |
65 x 55 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for contribution for river police boats (merismos potamophylakidon) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of the praktores Psanmous and Petesouchos for river police boat and billeting (merismos potamophylakidon and diplon) of year 21 of Hadrian, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Kalasiris and the mother Tisatis; with subscript of the praktor Psanmous. Dated 21st of the Egyptian month of Pakhon (19 May) AD 137. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Psanmous and Petesouchos, |
2 | | collectors. Thus has paid Petorzmetis, |
3 | | son of Kalaseiris and Tisatis, |
4 | | for the contribution for river police boats and certificates of billeting |
5 | | for year 21, on account, 4 dr. brutto. Year 21 |
6 | | of Hadrian Caesar |
7 | | the lord, Pachon 25. |
8 | | Signed by me, Psanmous; 4 dr.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 4251 |
man |
Petesouchos praktor |
Πετεσουχος |
pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Hadrian |
21 |
Pachons |
25 |
137 May 20 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309073 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
23863 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/sb;20;15051 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309073 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 42), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
