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Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 580

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Jerusalem, Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute
Inventory Number	Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 580
Publication Number	P.Worp 40
Current Location	Jerusalem, Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute
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	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Mallon, Alexis SJ Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	donation
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Mallon, Alexis SJ Certainty:

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at left

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 left
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8
Quantity of Columns	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	85
Column Height (in mm)	60
Line Distance	85x60

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for Tax on the Sale of a Ship
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Currently unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Abounaios, son of Iamblichos, and his associate collectors of the enkyklion (sales tax), for tax on the sale of a ship, paid by Bienchis, son of Pachompahermon, in year 7 of Trajan.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	Ἀβουναῖος Ἰαμβλίχου καὶ μέτοχοι
2	ἀσχολούμενοι ἐνκύκλιον
3	Βιήνχι Παχονπαέρμωνο̣ς̣ χαίρειν.
4	ἀπέσχον παρὰ σοῦ τέλος πληροῦν ¹(l. πλοίου) cf. BASP 46, 2009, 205
5	οῦ̣ πέπρακας κυβερνήτῃ Κυ-
6	θερίης δραχμῶν ἑξήκοντα δραχμὰς
7	ἑπτὰ (τριώβολον). (ἔτους) ζ Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος
8	το̣ῦ̣ κυρίου Παχὼν ι̅α̅.

¹ (l. πλοίου) cf. BASP 46, 2009, 205

convex

1	Abounaios, son of Iamblichos, and his associates
2	occupied with the sales-tax,
3	to Bienchis, son of Pachonpahermon, greeting.
4	I received from you the tax for a ship
5	by the name of Kytheria, which you sold to the skipper
6	for sixty drachmas,
7	seven drachmas, 3 obols. Year 7 of Traianus Caesar
8	the lord, Pachon 11.

PBI 580_S1_001

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13195	man	Abounaios, son of Iamblichos, praktor	Ἀβουνᾶ Ἰαμλίχου	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	07	Pachons	11	104 May 6 CE	date in text;

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PBI 580_S1_001

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Literature

DatasetID	309197
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	115569
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.worp;;40
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309197 (= Ostr. Jerusalem, PBI 580), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.