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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2483

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Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2483
Publication Number	P.Bingen 94
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 71 and 78
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at left and right 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 at left and right
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, neat hand of Melanthis
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for unidentified tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Melanthis for unknown tax of an unknown year of Vespasian, paid by Patorzmethis, son of Patorzmethis.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	new edition already in PN: corr. l. 1 name Paterz() Pater[z(), l. 2: --etous Ouesp[asianou, 3. Payni 9 date: 71-78
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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convex

1	διέγρ(αψεν) Πατ̣ερζμῆθις Πατερζ(μήθιος) ὑπ(ὲρ) λαογρ(αφίας)
2	-5- -ου ἔτους Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
3	τοῦ κυρίου Παῦνι θ̅ δραχμὰς
4	δεκάπεντε (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιε.

convex

1	Thus has paid Paterzmethis, son of Paterzmethis, for poll tax
2	of the -th year of Vespasian
3	the lord, Payni 9, drachmas
4	fifteen, = 15 dr.

DAIK 2483_S1_001

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4255	man	Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis (Vesp/Domit)	Πετορζμῆθις Πετροζμήθιος	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Vespasian		Payni	09	71 June 3 CE 78 June 3 CE	date according to the collector's time of office: year 3-10 of Vespasian.;

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DAIK 2483_S1_001

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Literature

Melaerts, Henri, Papyri in Honorem Johannis Bingen Octogenarii (2000). (no.94)

DatasetID	309106
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	78062
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.bingen;;94
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309106 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2483), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.