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Ostr. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. Lib. O. Skeat 7

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. Lib. O. Skeat 7
Publication Number SB VI 9116
Current Location Ann Arbor, Michigan University Library
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 purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Skeat, Theodore Cressy
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Luxor
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution donation
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1948 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Skeat, Theodore Cressy
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
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
State of Preservation (Text) The front of this ostracon is light-red, whereas the back is light-brown. The ostracon appears to be completely preserved.
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, early ptolemaic
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1
Line Lenght (in mm) 50
Column Height (in mm) 40
Line Distance 50 x 40

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for salt tax (halikon)
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for salt tax paid by a certain Poer, son of Paptais and collected by a certain Hecataius. Persons: Poer, son of Paptais; Hecataius Translation: "Year 25 Thoth 27. Hecataeus has received from Poer Paptais in salt-tax 4 1/2 obols."
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium)
Comments on Text provenance of the text is not certain Elephantine
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1(ἔτους) κε Θῶυτ κ̅ζ̅
2ἔχει Ἑκαταῖος
3παρὰ Ποὲρ Παπτ-
4αῦ ἁλικῶν
5(τετρώβολον) (ἡμιωβέλιον).
convex
1Year 25 Thoth 27.
2Hekataios has received
3from Poer, son of Papt-
4au, for salt-tax
54 1/2 obols.
AnnArbor_MUL_O_7o
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
13820 man Hekataios, collector Ἑκαταῖος Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos 25 Thoth 27 -261 November 22 BCE date in text;

 

Pictures

AnnArbor_MUL_O_7o
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Literature

 

DatasetID 309135
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 5729
Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;6,9116
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309135 (= Ostr. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. Lib. O. Skeat 7), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.