Ostr. London, British Library 13991 (5790m)

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 13991 (5790m)
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 64
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	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia) and epikarsion(?)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of praktor Hermogenes for a part payment of laographia of year 5 of Trajan, paid by Pachnoubis, son of Thrakidas (archive); second and third payment for epikarsion; 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

Transcription

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1	διέγραψεν Παχνοῦβις Θρακίδος ¹ l. Θρακίδας
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας πέμτου ²l. πέμπτου (ἔτους)
3	Τραειανοῦ ³l. πέμπτου τοῦ κυρίου
4	ἐπὶ λόγου (δραχμὰς) ὀκτὼ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η ὑπὲρ ἐπικαρσίου
5	ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) τρῖς ⁴ l. τρεῖς (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) γ. ὡ ⁵ l. ὁ αὐτὸς
6	τὰς λυπὰς ⁶ l. λοιπὰς (δραχμὰς) γ. Ἑρμογένης
7	πράκτωρ ἔγραψα.

¹ l. Θρακίδας
² l. πέμπτου
³ l. πέμπτου
⁴ l. τρεῖς
⁵ l. ὁ
⁶ l. λοιπὰς

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1	Thus has paid Pachnoubis, son of Thrakidas?,
2	for poll tax of the fifth year
3	of Trajan the lord,
4	on account, eight drachmae, = 8 dr., for epikarsion?
5	ditto, three dr. = 3 dr. The same
6	the remaining 3 dr. Hermogenes,
7	collector, I have written.

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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	05			101 CE 102 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	309431
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76642
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;64
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309431 (= Ostr. London, British Library 13991 (5790m)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.