Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.18

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object Type	ostracon
Dating of Object	December 13, term. ante quem
Dating	between 128 and 128
Criteria for Dating	date according to tax collector's time of office and his scribe's term
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Broken at the left side.

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	missing on left ca. 9 letters, lacuna stable
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, cursive, very special handwriting known for the scribe Iunius Valens
Comments on Text Layout	bottom half of sherd empty, uneven line endings
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	60
Column Height (in mm)	40
Line Distance	60 x x+40

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution for river police boats and guard posts (merismos potamophylakidon and stationos)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Iunius Valens
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of the praktor Kalasiris through the scribe Iunius Valens for merismos potamophylakidon and stationos.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. supplies for lacuna at the left hand
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

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1	Καλασι̂ρις ¹ed. [- ca.9 -] π̣ράκτωρ ἀργυρικῶν διὰ Ἰουνί̣ο̣υ ²ed. Ψα̣ν-
2	Οὐάλεντος ³ed. [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] β̣οηθου̂. διέγραψεν Παπρε- ⁴ed. Παν̣ε ̣
3	μίθης ̣λαπατευιο? μητρὸς Θιντι-
4	θοήους ὑπὲρ̣ ⁵ed.[θιῶτος ὑ]π̣(ὲρ) μερισμου̂ ποταμοφυλακίδων καὶ στατίωνος ⁶ed. σπε( )
5	(ἔτους) ιγ Ἁδριανου̂ του̂ κυρίου (δραχμὴν) α (τετρώβολον) χαλκοῦς β.
6	(ἔτους) ιγ Ἁδριανου̂ ⁷ed. [(ἔτους) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ιανοῦ του̂ κυρίου Χοιακ ι̅ζ̅.

¹ ed. [- ca.9 -]
² ed. Ψα̣ν-
³ ed. [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
⁴ ed. Παν̣ε ̣
⁵ ed.[θιῶτος ὑ]π̣(ὲρ)
⁶ ed. σπε( )
⁷ ed. [(ἔτους) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ιανοῦ

convex

1	Kalasiris, praktor, through Iunius
2	Valens, assistant. Thus has paid Papre-
3	mithes son of --- and the mother Thinti-
4	thoes for the contribution for river police boats and guard posts
5	of year 13 of Hadrian the lord 1 drachma 4 oboloi 2 chalkoi.
5	Year 13 of Hadrian the lord, Choiak 17.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
12470	man	Kalasiris praktor	Kalasiris praktor	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	13	Choiak	17	128 December 13 CE	date in text mutilated, identification of scribe Iunius Valens, who is acting with practor Kalasiris in y. 13 of Hadrian;

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DatasetID	309159
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	70467
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.ashm;; 18
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309159 (= Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.18), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.