Ostr. London, British Library 14068
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 14068 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilck. 274 |
| 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 |
| 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 unknown? |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
7 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for harbour fees |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt of the taxfarmers of the harbour police (misthotai eidous hormophylakias) Pachnoubis and Papos* for harbour fees (enhormion) for three months, paid by Pasetis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok (small changes) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Pachnoubis and Papos, |
2 | | tax farmers of the taxes of the harbour guards. Thus has|
3 | | paid Pasetis alias Psenam---|
4 | | for enhormion of Payni and |
5 | | Epeiph and Mesore of the |
6 | | current 25th year, |
7 | | Mesore epagomene 3.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Commodus |
25 |
Epagomenen |
03 |
185 August 26 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309455 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76840 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilck;;274 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309455 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14068), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
