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Ostr. London, British Library 14017 (5791c)

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 14017 (5791c)
Publication Number O.Wilck. 47
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
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1875 and 1875
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

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 Hermogenes
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6
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
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt for laographia of year 1 of Nerva, paid by Peteuris, son of Peteuris (here spelled Pateoris) (archive), with signature of Hermogenes, praktor.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok. kleine Schönheitsreparaturen
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγραψεν Πατεῶρις Πατεώρεος λινοπόλης 1 l. λινοπώλ(ης)
2ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας πρώτου (ἔτους) Νερουᾶ
3τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς δέκα ἑπτὰ
4(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ. Ἑρμογένης Ἀμμωνᾶτος ἔγραψα.
5(ἔτους) β Νερουᾶ Καίσαρ(ος) - ? -
6Φαῶφι ̣ .

1 l. λινοπώλ(ης)
convex
1Thus has paid Peteuris, son of Peteuris, linen seller,
2for poll tax of the first year of Nerva
3the lord, seventeen silver drachmae,
4= 17 dr. Hermogenes, son of Ammonas, I have written.
5Year 2 of Nerva Caesar (the lord?),
6Phaophi ?.
BL_14017_S1_001
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BL_14017_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

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
Nerva 02 Phaophi 97 September 28 CE 97 October 27 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

BL_14017_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
BL_14017_S2_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 309442
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 76626
Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;47
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309442 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14017 (5791c)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.