Ostr. London, British Library 14131 (5790s)

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 14131 (5790s)
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 78
Current Location	London, British Library
Publication Status	published

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	purchase
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Krall, Jakob Certainty: high

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	8
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	receipt for trade tax
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 9 of emperor Trajan through the agent(?) Apolinaris, paid by Harpaesis, son of Phanophis, gs. of Thrakidas (archive), with signature of Hermogenes
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

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1	διέγραψεν Ἁρπαῆσις Φενώφεος Θρακίδας
2	ὑπὲρ χιροναξίου ¹ l. χειρωναξίου ἐνάτου (ἔτους)
3	Τραειανοῦ ² l. Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
4	τὰς λυπὰς ³ l. λοιπὰς (δραχμὰς) τέσσαρες (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ.
5	Ἑρμογένης Ἀμμωνᾶτος πράκτωρ
6	ἔγραψα διὰ Ἀπολιναρίου
7	(ἔτους) ι Τραειανοῦ ⁴ l. Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος
8	τοῦ κυρίου Φαμενὼθ κ̅β̅.

¹ l. χειρωναξίου
² l. Τραιανοῦ
³ l. λοιπὰς
⁴ l. Τραιανοῦ

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1	Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Phanophis Thrakidas,
2	for trade tax of the nineth year
3	of Trajan Caesar the lord
4	the remaining four dr., = 4 dr.
5	Hermogenes, son of Ammonas, collector,
6	I have written. Through Apolinarius.
7	Year 10 of Trajan Caesar
8	the lord, Phamenoth 22.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
15195	man	Apolinarios agent of Hermogenes	Ἀπολιναριος	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	10	Phamenoth	22	107 March 18 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	309466
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76656
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;78
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309466 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14131 (5790s)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.