Ostr. London, British Library 14113 (5790i)
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 14113 (5790i) |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilck. 83 |
| 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 licence of prostitutes |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt of Pelaias, the tax collector for the licence(?) of prostitutes, paid by Thinpsansnos, daughter of Tachomtbekis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
woman as taxpayer, with only mother in filiation |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Πελαίας τελώνης ἑταιρικοῦ |
2 | | Θιψανσνώτι Ταχομτβῆκις
χαίρειν. |
3 | | ἀπέχω παρὰ σοῦ τὴν λοιπὴν |
4 | | τοῦ ιδ (ἔτους) Τραιανοῦ |
5 | | Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου |
6 | | δραχμὴν μίαν |
7 | | Παοῖνι θ̅.
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1 | | Pelaias, tax farmer for the tax on prostitutes, |
2 | | to Thipsansnos, daughter of Tachomtbekis, greetings. |
3 | | I have received from you the remainder |
4 | | of year 14 of Trajan|
5 | | Caesar the lord, |
6 | | one drachma, |
7 | | Payni 9.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 4765 |
man |
Pelaias telones hetairikou |
Πελαίας |
pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Trajan |
14 |
Payni |
09 |
111 June 3 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
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Bilabel, Friedrich, BL 2,1: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band II, 1 (1929). (48)
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Nelson, C. A., Receipt for Tax on Prostitutes (1995). (26)
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Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert & Verhoogt, A.M.F.W. & Hoogendijk, Francisca A.J. & Kruit, Nico, BL 10: Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band X (1998). (304)
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Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (23, no. 83.)
| DatasetID |
309457 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76661 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilck;;83 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309457 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14113 (5790i)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
