Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.229
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.229 |
| Publication Number |
O.Ashm. Shelton 7 (= O.Wilck. 57) |
| Current Location |
Oxford Ashmolean 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 |
find (unspecified)
Certainty: |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Dakkeh, Nubia |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Raifé, Alfonse
Certainty: |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State 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, cursive hand of Hermogenes |
| Comments on Text Layout |
written in the upper part of sherd, bottom empty |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
75 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
30 |
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| Line Distance |
75 x 30 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax (laographia) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Harpaesis, s. of Phenophis, pays for laographia of the second year of Trajan the rest: nine drachmai.
signed by Hermogenes the practor. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Phenophis, |
2 | | for laographia of year 2 of Traianus |
3 | | the lord, the remaining 9 dr. |
4 | | Hermogenes tax collector, I have written.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Trajan |
02 |
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98 CE 99 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
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Bilabel, Friedrich, BL 2,1: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band II, 1 (1929). (47)
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Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert & Hoogendijk, Francisca A.J. & Kruit, Nico & Verhoogt, A.M.F.W., BL 9: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band IX (1995). (408)
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Shelton, John C., Greek Ostraca in the Ashmolean Museum from Oxyrhynchus and other sites edited with translations and notes by John C. Shelton (1988). (no. 7)
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Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (no. 57)
| DatasetID |
309149 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
70559 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.ashm.shelt;;7 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309149 (= Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.229), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
