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Ostr. London, British Library 13987 (5790b)

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 13987 (5790b)
Publication Number O.Wilck. 80
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 of praktor Hermogenes
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of praktor Hermogenes for cheironaxion of year 11 of Trajan, paid by Harpaesis, son of Phanopis and Tachomtbekis (archive), with signature of praktor Hermogenes
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγραψεν Ἁρπαῆσις Φανώφεος Θρακίδας
2ὑπὲρ χειρωναξίου ἑνδεκάτου (ἔτους)
3Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
4ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) δέκα δυω 1 l. δύο (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ. Ἑρμογένης
5Ἀμμωνᾶτος πράκτωρ ἔγραψα.

1 l. δύο
convex
1Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Phanophis Thrakidas,
2for trade tax of the eleventh year
3of Trajan Caesar the lord
4twelve silver dr., = 12 dr. Hermogenes,
5son of Ammonas, collector, I have written.
BL_13987_S1_001
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BL_13987_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
12605 man Harpaesis, son of Phanopis, (grandson of Thrakid) Ἁρπαῆσις Φανώφεος (Θρακίδ(ου)? Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 11 107 CE 108 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

BL_13987_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
BL_13987_S2_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 309427
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 76658
Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;80
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309427 (= Ostr. London, British Library 13987 (5790b)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.