Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 [43]
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 [43] |
| Publication Number |
ZPE 192, 2 Aly |
| 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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 136 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at right |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
broken at right |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, cursive, hand of praktor Psanmous |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for contribution for river police boats (merismos 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 Praktor Psanmous for merismos potamophylakidos if year 20 of Hadrian |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Comments on Text |
corr. supply of lacuna in l. 3: amount for potamophyl. = 1 dr. 3,5 ob. cf. WO 162 and O.Deiss. 41 |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Ψανμοῦς
πράκτωρ . διέγραψεν
ΝΝ
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2 | | Παχομχήμ̣εως μητρὸς ΝΝ
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3 | | ὑπὲρ
μερισμοῦ
ποταμοφυλακίδος κ (ἔτους) ῥυπαρὰν (δραχμὴν) α (τριώβολον) (ἡμιωβέλιον).
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4 | | (ἔτους) κ Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου|
5 | | Μεχείρ ̣ ̣
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1 | | Psanmous, collector. Thus has paid NN, |
2 | | son of Pachomchemis and the mother NN, |
3 | | for the contribution for river police boats of year 20, 1 dr. 3 1/2 ob., brutto. |
4 | | Year 20 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, |
5 | | Mecheir ?
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| Cairo-18955-43_S1_001 |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Hadrian |
20 |
Mecheir |
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136 January 27 CE 136 February 25 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| Cairo-18955-43_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309178 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
382552 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309178 (= Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 [43]), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
