Ostr. London, British Library 14169 (5791p) + 5791 n

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Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 14169 (5791p) + 5791 n
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 128
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]
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 Type	ostracon
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	two fragments joined, piece still largely fragmentary

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	two fragments joined, still great loss of text in the upper part
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of scribe Sarapion
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia) and prison guards (desmophylakitikon)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sarapion scribe 1
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt for laographia and desmophylakia of year 8 of Hadrian in several installments reaching into year 9, probably* collected by the scribe Sarapion.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. add a new line after 1, supplies changed, cf. WO 109 and WO 123
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

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1	δι(ὰ) Σαραπίωνος. ¹ed. Δ[ιδυμίων πράκ(τωρ). διέγρ(αψεν) ΝΝ
2	NN -?-
3	ὑπ(ὲρ) λαο(γραφίας) ὀγδόου (ἔτους) δραχ(μὰς) τέσσαρας (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ,
4	(ἔτους) η Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου, (month) δ̅, ²ed. (ὀβολὸς)
5	κ̅γ̅ ἄλλας δραχ(μὰς) τέσσαρες (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ,
6	Μεσορὴ ̣ ̣ ἄλλας δραχμὰς τέσσαρες (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ,
7	θ (ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
8	Θὼθ κ̅ϛ̅ ἄλλας δραχμὰς πέντε (ἡμιωβέλιον),
9	δεσμο(φυλάκων) (ἡμιωβέλιον) (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ε (ὀβολὸς) (γίνονται) ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ (δραχμαὶ) ιζ (ὀβολὸς).

¹ ed. Δ[ιδυμίων πράκ(τωρ).
² ed. (ὀβολὸς)

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1	Through Sarapion. Thus has paid ---
2	--- NN ---
3	for poll tax of year 8 four drachmae, = 4 dr.
4	Year 8 of Hadrian the lord, (month) 4,
5	On the 23rd further four drachmae, = 4 dr.,
6	Mesore ?, further four drachmae, = 4 dr.
7	Year 9 of Hadrian Caesar the lord,
8	Thoth 26, further five drachmae and a half obol,
9	for prison guards a half obol, = 5 dr. 1 ob. , total 17 dr. 1 ob.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
5	(unknown)	(Unknown)	(Unknown)	German

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	09	Thoth	26	124 September 23 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	309470
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76701
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;128
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309470 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14169 (5791p) + 5791 n), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.