Ostr. London, British Library 13988 (5790f)

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 13988 (5790f)
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 103
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:

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 scribe Sarapion.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	9
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives	private archive \| Harpaesis, son of Phanophis and Tachomtbekis
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sarapion scribe 1
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of praktor Didymion for laographia of year 11 of Trajan, paid in instalments by Harpaesis, son of Phanophis and Tachomtbekis (archive), written by the scribe Sarapion.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. l. 8: second date from Pauni 2: 27 May 116. no change of hands
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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1	Διδυμίων πράκ(τωρ) ἀργ(υρικῶν).
2	διέγραψ[εν] Ἁρπάησις Φανώ-
3	φεως μη(τρὸς) Ταχομτβῆκις
4	λαο(γραφίας) ἐννεακαιδεκάτου (ἔτους)
5	Τραιανοῦ Ἀρίσ(τ)ου τοῦ κυρίου
6	δραχ(μὰς) ὀκτώι ¹ l. ὀκτώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. δι(ὰ) Σαραπ(ίωνος)
7	Φ[αμ]ενωθ κα.
8	Π[α]υνι β ²ed. [ὁ]μοίω(ς) ἄλλας δραχ(μὰς)
9	ὀκτώι ³ l. ὀκτώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η.

¹ l. ὀκτώ
² ed. [ὁ]μοίω(ς)
³ l. ὀκτώ

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1	Didymion, collector of money taxes.
2	Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Phanophis
3	and the mother Tachomtbekis,
4	for poll tax of the nineteenth year
5	of Traianus Optimus the lord,
6	eight drachmae, = 8 dr. Through Sarapion,
7	Phamenoth 21.
8	Payni 2, further eight
9	drachmae, = 8 dr.

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

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	19	Phamenoth	21	116 March 17 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	309428
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76678
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;103
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309428 (= Ostr. London, British Library 13988 (5790f)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.