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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2481

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2481
Publication Number P.Bingen 102
Current Location magazine Assuan
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]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 100 and 199
Criteria for Dating palaeography
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) broken at right and bottom
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 4+y
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for sales tax (enkyklion)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Fragment of receipt of Maker, son of Didymos, collector of the sales tax and other fees of the office of the royal scribe.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. l. 1, 2 and 4. new interpretation: receipt for sales tax!
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Μάκηρ Διδύ̣μου -?- 1ed. Ἀμῆρις ̣ ̣[
2εἴδους ἐν̣κυκλίου καὶ ὑποκειμ(ένων) 2cf. SB 9545, 34. ed. δους ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[
3βασιλικῇ γραμ̣ματείᾳ -?-
4Ψενσε̣ ̣ -?- χαίρειν. -?- 3ed. ψαντ ̣[
4+y- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1 ed. Ἀμῆρις ̣ ̣[
2 cf. SB 9545, 34. ed. δους ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[
3 ed. ψαντ ̣[
convex
1Maker, son of Didymos, (collector) of
2fees of the enkyklion and taxes belonging to
3the ressort of the royal scribe to NN
4son of Psensen---? greeting. ---
4+y- - - - - - - - - - - -
DAIK 2481_S1_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
21670 man Maker, son of Didymos, praktor Μάκερ Διδύμου Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
100 CE 199 CE palaeographical dating;

 

Pictures

DAIK 2481_S1_001
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DAIK2481ir_S1_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 309102
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 78070
Papyri.info ddbdp/p.bingen;;102
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309102 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2481), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.