Ostr. London, British Library 5792
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 5792 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilck. 51 |
| 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) |
Salt, Henry
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
purchase |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Salt, Henry
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 Hermogenes |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax (laographia) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt of practor Hermogenes for laographia of year 1 of Trajan, paid by Harpaesis, son Petorzmethis, 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 |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Petor-|
2 | | zmetis, for poll tax of year 1 |
3 | | of Trajan Caesar the |
4 | | lord, 17 silver dr. Hermogenes, |
5 | | son of Ammonas, collector, I have written.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Trajan |
01 |
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98 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309480 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76630 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilck;;51 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309480 (= Ostr. London, British Library 5792), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
