Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.16
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.16 |
| Publication Number |
O.Ashm. 16 |
| 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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
February 25 - March 26, terminus ante quem |
| Dating |
between 117 and 117 |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken. Consisting of two joining fragments. Two more fragments missing at bottom. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
slighly faded in places |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
cursive, documentary |
| Comments on Text Layout |
4 long lines alligned to the left, using the broadest part of the sherd. vacant space at top and bottom. |
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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) |
95 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
27 |
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| Line Distance |
95 x 27 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for the tax for wages of the sailors of the river guard boats (opsonion nauton potamophylakidon) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt of the praktor Ammonios for the wages of sailors of the river police boats (opsonion nauton potamophylkidon), through the scribe ---res, his son?, paid by Harpaesis, son of Phanophis and the mother Tachomtbekis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
corr. l. 1, scribe? |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Ammonios praktor through ---res, his son(?). Thus has paid |
2 | | Harpaesis, son of Phanophis and his mother Tachomtbekis, |
3 | | for the salary of sailors of river police boats of the 20th year one drachma |
4 | | three οbols. Year 20 of Traianus Optimus Phamenoth (day?).
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 12445 |
man |
---res |
---re() |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Trajan |
20 |
Phamenoth |
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117 February 25 CE 117 March 26 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309163 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
70465 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.ashm;;16 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309163 (= Ostr. Oxford Ashm. G.O.16), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
