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Ostr. Tallinn, Estonian History Museum TAAM TAAM 9494 K 538

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Tallinn, Estonian History Museum TAAM TAAM 9494 K 538
Publication Number SB IV 7274
Current Location Tallin, Estonian History 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:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution donation
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1907 and 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Manteuffel
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range 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, hand of scribe Leon; subscript of scribe Pachompretis, son of Ammonas
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) of linen weavers of Elephantine
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of the scribe Leon for cheironaxion of linen weavers of Elephantine, for year 14 of Trajan, paid by Bienchis, son of Iemuthes and Tesauris, with signature of Gellius Capito, through his scribe Pachompretis, son of Ammonas.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. Duttenhöfer (Leon-article?)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγραψεν Βίηγχις Ἰεμούθου μητρὸς
2Τεσαΰρεως χειρωναξίου λινούφων ἰδιώτων Ἐλεφαντίνης ιδ (ἔτους)
3ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς δώδεκα, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ, διὰ Λέοντος
4γραμματέως. (ἔτους) ιε Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος
5τοῦ κυρίου Φαωφι κα.
6 Γέλλιος Καπίτων σεσημίωμαι διὰ
7Παχομπρήτεως Ἀμμονᾶτος γραμματέως
8δραχμὰς δόδεκα 1l. δώδεκα, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ.

1 l. δώδεκα
convex
1Thus has paid Bienchis, son of Iemouthes and
2Tesauris, for cheironaxion of the laymen linen weavers of Elephantine of year 14,
3twelve silver drachmas, = 12 dr., through Leon,
4the scribe. Year 15 of Trajan Caesar
5the lord, Phaophi 21.
6Gellius Capito, I have signed through
7Pachompres, son of Ammonas, scribe,
8twelve drachmas, = 12 dr.
Tallinn_TAAM_K538_S1_0
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Places (read out from edition)
  • Ἐλεφαντίνης (places.xml#3)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    16165 man Bienchis, son of Iemouthes and Tesauris Βιῆγχις Ἰεμούθου Τεσαΰρεως Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Trajan 15 Phaophi 21 111 October 19 CE date in text;

     

    Pictures

    Tallinn_TAAM_K538_S1_0
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    Tallinn_TAAM_K538_S2_0
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 309189
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 18032
    Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;4;7274
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 309189 (= Ostr. Tallinn, Estonian History Museum TAAM TAAM 9494 K 538), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.