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Ostr. London, British Library 14011 (5790h) + 14155

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 14011 (5790h) + 14155
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 50
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:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Chester, Greville John Certainty:
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
State of Preservation	joined out of four fragments

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	joined with 14155
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of praktor Hermogenes
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4
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	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor
Text Types	documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of praktor Hermogenes for cheironaxion of year 1 of Trajan, paid by Peteuris, son of Peteuris (archive), with signature of Hermogenes.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4443	man	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor	Ἑρμογένης Αμμωνατος πρακτωρ	Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	01			98 CE	date in text;

 

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Literature

• Nachtergael, Georges, La collection Marcel Hombert, T. 2: Nouveaux documents grecs d'Égypte et addenda au Tome 1 (2003). (42)
• Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (14, no. 50)

 

DatasetID	309439
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76629
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;50
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309439 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14011 (5790h) + 14155), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.