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Ostr. London, British Library 13981 (5790n)

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 13981 (5790n)
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 102
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, 1. Hand : practor Didymion; 2. hand: scribe Sarapion 1
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	10
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Didymion praktor Sarapion scribe 1
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of (praktor) Didymion through the scribe Sarapion, for laographia in several installments, each dated to the day, paid by Pachnoumis, son of Pachompabienchis and Tachomtbekis; with signature of praktor Didymion.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

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1	διέγραψεν Παχνοῦμις Παχομ-
2	παβιήνχεως μητρὸς Ταχομτβῆκις
3	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας ιη (ἔτους) Τραιανοῦ Φαρμοῦ-
4	τι δ δραχμὰς τέσσαρες, Παχὼν κγ
5	δραχμὰς τέσσαρες, Παῦνι κθ δραχμὰς
6	τέσσαρες, Ἐπὶφ ιθ δραχμὰς δύο,
7	Μεσορὴ β δραχμὰς δύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ.
8	Διδυμίων σεση(μείωμαι). ιθ (ἔτους) Φαῶφι
9	δραχμὴν μίαν (ἡμιωβέλιον) δεσμοφυλάκων (ἡμιωβέλιον), (γίνονται) (δραχμὴν) α (ὀβολὸν), μερισ-
10	μοῦ (δραχμὰς) β (διώβολον). διὰ Σαραπίωνος.

convex

1	Thus has paid Pachnoumis, son of Pachom-
2	pabienchis and the mother Tachmtbekis,
3	for poll tax of year 18 of Trajan, Pharmouthi
4	4: drachmae four, Pachon 23:
5	drachmae four, Payni 29: drachmae
6	four, Epeiph 19: drachmae two,
7	Mesore 2: drachmae two, = dr. 16.
8	Didymion, I have signed. (2. hand) Year 19, Phaophi,
9	one drachma half obol, for prison tax half obol, = 1 dr. 1 ob.; for
10	contribution 2 dr. 2 ob. Through Sarapion.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4451	man	Didymion praktor	Διδυμίων	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	19	Phaophi		115 September 29 CE 115 October 28 CE	date in text;

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Literature

DatasetID	309422
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76677
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;102
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309422 (= Ostr. London, British Library 13981 (5790n)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.