Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 53
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam-Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 53 |
| Publication Number |
SB XX 15052 |
| 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 |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken slightly on left side |
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 slightly on left margin |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, receipt: hand of Petesouchos, signature of Psanmous |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
7 |
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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) |
55 |
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| Line Distance |
85x55 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for contribution for river police boats and certificates of billeting (merismos potamophylakidon and diplon) |
| 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 merismos potamophylakidos and diplon of year 21 of Hadrian, paid by Kalasiris, son of Petephaus; with signature of praktor Psanmous. |
| 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 |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Psanmous and Petesouchos tax collectors. |
2 | | Thus has paid Kalasiris, son of Petephaus |
3 | | and Senpsenmonthes, for contribution |
4 | | of river police boats and certificates of billeting for year 21, on account, 4 dr. brutto, |
5 | | Pachon 25. |
6 | | (hand 2) Psanmous, I have signed for 4 dr.
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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 |
309082 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
23864 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/sb;20;15052 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309082 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 53), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
