Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 [48]
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 [48] |
| Publication Number |
ZPE 192, 7 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 161 and 164 |
| Criteria for Dating |
date according to tax collector's time of office |
| 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, hand of Petorzmethis boethos. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
7 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for contribution for a statues and a busts of the emperors (andrianton kai protomon) and for the building of watch towers (oikodomias skopelon) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt of Valerios Serenos and Palachemis, the two praktores argyrikon of Elephantine, through Petorzmethis, assistant, for the contribution of statues and busts of the emperors (merismos andrianton and protomon) and for the building of watch towers (oikodomias skopelon), paid by NN, son of Pasnebis and NN. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
corr. Reiter, l. 2-3, l. 6-7
date corrected: year 3 |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Οὐαλέριος Σερῆνος καὶ Παλαχ̣ῆμις οἱ β πράκτορες
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2 | | ἀργυρικῶν
Ἐλεφαντίνης διὰ Πετορζμήθου
βοηθοῦ . διέγραψεν NN
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3 | | Πασνηβις
l. Πασνήβιος?
μητρὸς Σ ̣
ὑπὲρ
μερισμοῦ β (ἔτους)
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4 | | ἀνδριάντων καὶ προτομῶν τῶν κυρίων Καισάρων
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5 | | (δραχμὰς) ι, καὶ ὑπὲρ
μερισμοῦ
οἰκοδομίας
σκοπέλων (τριώβολον) χαλκοῦς γ. (ἔτους) γ|
6 | | Αὐρηλίων Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου
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7 | | Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων (month, day)
1 l. Πασνήβιος?
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1 | | Valerius Serenus and Palachemis, the 2 collectors|
2 | | of money taxes at Elephantine, through Petorzmethis, assistant. Thus has paid NN |
3 | | son of Pasnebis and the mother S--- for the contribution of year 2 |
4 | | for statues and busts of the lords Caesares,|
5 | | 10 dr., and for the building of watch towers 3 obols 3 chalkoi. Year 3|
6 | | of Aurelius Antoninus and Aurelius Verus |
7 | | Caesares the lords, (month, day).
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 4242 |
man |
Palachemis praktor |
Παλαχῆμις |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Marcus Aurelius + Verus |
03 |
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162 CE 163 CE |
date corrected ; |
Pictures
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| Cairo-18955-48_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309183 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
382557 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309183 (= Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 [48]), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
