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Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 56

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cambridge, Fitzwilliam-Museum
Inventory Number Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 56
Publication Number SB XX 15045
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 115-05-06
Dating between 115 and 115
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation surface slightly damaged.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of Palachemis
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7
Quantity of Columns 1
Line Lenght (in mm) 67
Column Height (in mm) 40
Line Distance 67x40

 

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 Didymion for poll tax of year 18 of Trajan, paid by Harpaesis, son of Pachompapsenou--- and Tiastis; with signature of Didymion.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text correction of tax amount (RD) and subscript in ZPE 202, 2017, 244-245.
Multilingualism Monolingual
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Διδυμίων πράκτωρ. δ̣ι̣έ̣γραψε(ν) Ἁρπαῆ-
2σις Παχομπαψ̣ενπο̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣1ed.pr. Παχομπαψ̣ενου[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] μητρὸς
3Τισᾶτις ὑπὲρ λαωγραφίας 2l. λαογραφίας ιη (ἔτους) Τρ̣αιανοῦ Ἀρί̣στου
4Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ῥυπαρὰς δρα̣χ(μὰς) ὀ̣κτώ
5(ἡμιωβέλιον) 3ed.pr. (γίνονται(?)) (δραχμαὶ(?)) η̣. (ἔτους) ιη Τραιανοῦ Ἀρίστου Καίσαρος
6τοῦ κυρίου, Παχὼν ια. Διδυμίων
7ἔσχον 4ed.pr. ἔγρα̣(ψα).

1 ed.pr. Παχομπαψ̣ενου[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
2 l. λαογραφίας
3 ed.pr. (γίνονται(?)) (δραχμαὶ(?)) η̣
4 ed.pr. ἔγρα̣(ψα)
convex
1Didymion, tax collector. Thus has paid Harpaesis,
2son of Pachompapsenpa--- and
3Tisatis, for poll tax of year 18 of Traianus Optimus
4Caesar the lord, brutto, eight drachmas
51/2 ob. Year 18 of Traianus Optimus Caesar
6the lord, Pachon 11. (hand 2) I, Didymion,
7have received.
Cambridge_FM_GR.P.56_S
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4451 man Didymion praktor Διδυμίων Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 18 Pachons 11 115 May 6 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

Cambridge_FM_GR.P.56_S
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GR.P.56_S2_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 309085
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 23857
Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;20;15045
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309085 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 56), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.