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Ostr. London, British Library 5796

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. London, British Library 5796
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 163
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)	Salt, Henry 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)	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 Psanmous
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution for the billeting of soldiers (diplon)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Psanmous praktor
Text Types	documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of praktor Psanmous for contribution for the billeting of soldiers (diplon) of year 20 of Hadrian, paid by Bienchis alias Syros, son of Patchnaus.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
15315	man	Bienchis alias Syros, son of Patchnaus	Βιῆγχις alias Σύρος, Πατχναῦτος	Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	20	Phamenoth	28	136 March 24 CE	date in text;

 

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Literature

• Bilabel, Friedrich, BL 2,1: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band II, 1 (1929). (49)
• Boeckh, August & Franz, Johannes C., Corpus Inscriptionum Graecorum III: Inscriptiones Phrygiae, Galatiae, Paphlagoniae, Ponticae, Cappadociae... (1853). (410)
• Boswinkel, Ernst & Clarysse, Willy & Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, BL 7: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band VII (1986). (300)
• Nachtergael, Georges, Papyrologica. II (2005). (p. 235-236)
• Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert & Hoogendijk, Francisca A.J. & Kruit, Nico & Verhoogt, A.M.F.W., BL 9: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band IX (1995). (408)
• Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (47-48, no. 163)

 

DatasetID	309483
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	76733
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;163
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309483 (= Ostr. London, British Library 5796), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.