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Ostr. London, British Library 14016 (5791i)

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 14016 (5791i)
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 39
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
Dating	between 92 and 93
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 Sokrates
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives	private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sokrates praktor
Text Types	documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt for laographia paid by Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis in installments, with signature of praktor Sokrates
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. Domitianou, no second hand.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	unknown

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4255	man	Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis (Vesp/Domit)	Πετορζμῆθις Πετροζμήθιος	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Domitian	12			92 CE 93 CE	date in text;

 

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Literature

• Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (11, no. 39.)

 

DatasetID	309441
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76618
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;39
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309441 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14016 (5791i)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.