Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.265

Inventory Number	Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.265
Publication Number	P.Brook. 37
Current Location	magazine
Publication Status	published

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	purchase Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Wilbour, Charles Edwin Certainty: high
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)	Wilbour, Charles Edwin Certainty: high

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 164 and 165
Criteria for Dating	date according to scribe's time of activity
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at top and left

Localization of Text on Object	concave (inside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	broken at top and left
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, neat hand of Serenos
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia) and trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Serenos scribe
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of unknown collector(s), written by Serenos, for poll tax and trade tax, between year 4 and 9 of Marcus Aurelius and Verus.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr: l. 1 ] .. [ l. 2: [--- hyp. laog()] e (etous), date: y. 5 =
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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x	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1	-?- ̣ ̣ -?- ¹ed. ] ὑπ(ὲρ) [
x+2	-?- ὑπ(ὲρ) λαο(γραφίας)ε̣ (ἔτους) ² ed. [δεκαεπτὰ ὀβο]λ̣(όν), (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ (ὀβολὸς) α, καὶ ὑπὲρ χ̣ει-
x+3	ρω(ναξίου) δραχ(μὰς) δεκαδυω ³ l. δέκα δύο , (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ.
x+4	(ἔτους) ̣ Ἀντωνί̣νου καὶ Οὐήρου
x+5	Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων.
x+6	-?- ι̅β̅.

¹ ed. ] ὑπ(ὲρ) [
² ed. [δεκαεπτὰ ὀβο]λ̣(όν), (γίνονται)
³ l. δέκα δύο

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x
x+1	---
x+2	--- for poll tax of year 5?, 17 dr. 1 ob., and for trade
x+3	tax twelve drachmae, = 12 dr.
x+4	Year x of Antoninus and Verus
x+5	Caesares the lords,
x+6	(month) 12.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
8060	not applicable	(No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text)	(No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text)	(none)

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius + Verus	05		12	164 CE 165 CE	date according to activity of scribe Serenos in y. 5.;

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DatasetID	309375
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	18061
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.brook;;37
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309375 (= Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.265), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.