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Ostr. London, British Library 13968 (5790t)

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 13968 (5790t)
Publication Number O.Wilck. 88
Current Location London, British Library
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: low
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution purchase
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Krall, Jakob
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 unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Tiberius Klaudius Euhemeros and Marius Maximus, tax farmers (misthotai) of the Sacred gate of Syene for geometria phoinikonon, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Pachombiechnis; with controll signature of unknown hand.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. l. 4,5,6, 8, 9
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Εὐήμερος καὶ Μάριος
2Μάξιμος μισθωταὶ πύλης ἱερᾶς
3Σοήνης. διέγραψεν Πετορζμῆθις Παχομ-
4βιήγχιος ὑπὲρ γεομετρίας 1l. γεωμ(ετρίας) φοινικῶνος γενήματος 2om. ed. ιϛ (ἔτους) δραχμὰς
5δέκα πέντε ὀβολοὺς πέντε ἥμισυ δίχαλκον
6(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιε (πεντώβολον) (ἡμιωβέλιον) (δίχαλκον). (ἔτους) ιζ Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος
7τοῦ κυρίου Τῦβι ι̅β̅.
8 ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ δραχμὰς δέκα πέντε ὀβολοὺς πέντε
9ἡμιωβ(έλιον) δίχαλ(κον) (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιε (πεντώβολον) (ἡμιωβέλιον) (δίχαλκον).

1 l. γεωμ(ετρίας)
2 om. ed.
convex
1Tiberius Claudius Euhemeros and Marius
2Maximus, tax farmers of the Sacred Gate
3of Syene. Thus has paid Petorzmethis, son of Pachom-
4bienchis, for the survey tax on palm groves of the harvest of year 16, drachmas
5fifteen, five and a half oboloi, dichalkon,
6= 15 dr. 5,5 ob. 2 ch. Year 17 of Traian Caesar
7the lord, Tybi 12.
8--- fifteen drachmas, five and a half oboloi
9dichalkon, = 15 dr. 5,5 ob. 2 ch.
BL_13968_S1_001
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Places (read out from edition)
  • Σοήνης (places.xml#8)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    13155 man Marius Maximus Μαριος Μαξιμος Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Trajan 17 Tybi 12 114 January 7 CE date in text;

     

    Pictures

    BL_13968_S1_001
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    BL_13968_S2_001
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 309412
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 76666
    Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;88
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 309412 (= Ostr. London, British Library 13968 (5790t)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.