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Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59218

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59218
Publication Number SB V 7580
Current Location Cairo, Egyptian Museum
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) Clermont-Ganneau, Charles
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution excavation finds
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Clermont-Ganneau, Charles
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Simon, James
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 128 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete

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 Ammonides grammateus
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for customs duties
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Ammonios and his associate farmers of the 2% tax at the harbour of Syene, acting through their secretary Ammonides, for custom duties on the the export of 4000 jars, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Sokrates.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. l. 6: keram() d: 4000 jars
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἀμμώνιος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ
2τελῶναι πεντηκοστῆς λιμένος Σοήνης διʼ Ἀμμωνίδου
3γραματέως 1 l. γραμ<μ>ατ(έως) Πετορσμῆτι Σωκρά-
4τους χαίρειν . ἀπεχόμεθα παρὰ σοῦ τω 2 l. τὸ γι-
5νόμενον τέλος , ὁ͂ν 3 l. ὧν ἐξηγείωχας κεραμίων δ̅΄̅. 4ed. (δραχμὰς) ϛ
6(ἔτους) ιγ Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου,
7Ἁθὺρ κβ.

1 l. γραμ<μ>ατ(έως)
2 l. τὸ
3 l. ὧν
4 ed. (δραχμὰς) ϛ
convex
1Ammonios and his associate
2tax farmers for the two-per cent tax of the harbour of Syene, through Ammonides,
3scribe, to Petorsmetis, son of Sokrates,
4greetings. We have received from you the
5proper tax for 4000 jars you have exported.
6Year 13 of Hadrian Caesar the lord,
7Hathyr 22.
Cairo59218_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4449 man Ammonides grammateus Ἀμωνίδης Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Hadrian 13 Hathyr 22 128 November 18 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

Cairo59218_S1_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 309116
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 17974
Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;5;7580
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309116 (= Ostr. Cairo EM JdE 59218), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer .