Ostr. London, British Library 13989 (5790k)

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 13989 (5790k)
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 60
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

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

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 for laographia of year 3 of Traian, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Pelaias Paiai. A second payment is recorded through the intermediate Nigeras.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok. corr: in l. 4 no change of hands!
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

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1	διέγραψεν Πετρόσζμηθις Πελαίου Παιαὶ
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας τρίτου (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ ¹ l. Τραιανοῦ
3	τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ λόγου (δραχμὰς) δέκα δυω ² l. δύο (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ.
4	³no change of hand as indicated in ed.ἐχο ⁴ l. ἔχω ὁμύως ⁵ l. ὁμοίως τὰς λυπὰς ⁶ l. λοιπὰς (δραχμὰς) ε.
5	διὰ Νιγερᾶτος.

¹ l. Τραιανοῦ
² l. δύο
³ no change of hand as indicated in ed.
⁴ l. ἔχω
⁵ l. ὁμοίως
⁶ l. λοιπὰς

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1	Thus has paid Petorzmethis, son of Pelaias, Paiai,
2	for poll tax of the third year of Trajan
3	the lord, on account, twelve drachmae, = 12 dr.
4	I have received likewise the remaining 5 dr.
5	through Nigeras.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
8090	not applicable	(no further persons mentioned)	(no further persons mentỈoned)	(none)

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	03			99 CE 100 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	309429
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76638
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;60
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309429 (= Ostr. London, British Library 13989 (5790k)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.