Ostr. London, British Library 13969 (5790a)

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 13969 (5790a)
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 73
Current Location	London, British Library
Publication Status	published

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 Type	ostracon
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Surface abraded and damaged. joined of three fragments

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	surface abraded
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of praktor Hermogenes
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of praktor Hermogenes, son of Ammonas, for laographia of year 8 of Trajan, indicating, that it is the end receipt for the year, made up out of several part payments; paid by Peteuris, son of Peteuris, linen seller (archive); with signature of the praktor Hermogenes
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr.?? doubtful readingsl 4 and l. 7*** not yet done
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

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1	διέγραψεν Πετεῦρις Πετεύρεος λινοπόλης ¹ l. λινοπώλ(ης)
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας ἑβδώμου ² l. ἑβδόμου (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ ³ l. Τραιανοῦ
3	Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) δέκα ἑπ-
4	τὰ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀνδριάντος τριόβολον ⁴ l. τριώβολον.
5	Ἑρμογένης Ἀμμωνᾶτος πράκτωρ
6	ἔγραψα. (ἔτους) η Τραειανοῦ ⁵l. Τραιανοῦ
7	τοῦ κυρίου Ἁθαὺρ β̅.

¹ l. λινοπώλ(ης)
² l. ἑβδόμου
³ l. Τραιανοῦ
⁴ l. τριώβολον
⁵ l. Τραιανοῦ

convex

1	Thus has paid Peteuris, son of Peteuris, linen weaver,
2	for poll tax of the seventh year of Trajan
3	Caesar the lord, seventeen silver drachmas,
4	= 17 dr., and for a statue 3 oboloi.
5	Hermogenes, son of Ammonas, collector,
6	I have written. Year 8 of Trajan
7	the lord, Hathyr 2.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4443	man	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor	Ἑρμογένης Αμμωνατος πρακτωρ	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	08	Mesore	18	105 August 11 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	309413
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76651
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;73
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309413 (= Ostr. London, British Library 13969 (5790a)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.