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Ostr. London, British Library 5845

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 5845
Publication Number O.Wilck. 14
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) Sams, Joseph
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) Sams, Joseph
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Krall, Jakob
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at right

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) broken at right
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of Rufonius Antigonos
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of Rufonius Antigonos for geometria phoinikonon of year 4 of Nero paid by Tyrannos in year 5.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. supplies in l. 2, 3, 4, cf. O.Wilcken 13 = BL 5828. Date: year 5 of Nero.
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ῥουφώνιος Ἀντίγονος. διαγεγρ(άφηκεν)
2Τύραννος σ̣ιδηρου(ργὸς) ὑπ(ὲρ) 1ed. ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ὑπ(ὲρ)]
3γεομετρίας 2 l. γεωμ(ετρίας) φοινικῶνος δ (ἔτους) δραχ(μὰς) 3ed. ̣ ̣ ̣ δραχ(μὰς)
4ὀκτὼ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. (ἔτους) ε Τιβερίου 4ed. [(ἔτους) ε ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
5Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ (month, day).

1 ed. ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ὑπ(ὲρ)]
2 l. γεωμ(ετρίας)
3 ed. ̣ ̣ ̣ δραχ(μὰς)
4 ed. [(ἔτους) ε ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
convex
1Rufonius Antigonos. Thus has paid
2Tyrannos, the silver smith?, for
3survey tax of palm groves of year 4
4eight drachmae, = 8 dr. Year 5 of Tiberius
5Claudius Caesar Augustus, (month, day).
BL_5845_S1_001
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BL_5845_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4435 man Rufonius Antigonos Ῥουφώνιος Ἀντίγονος Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Nero 05 58 CE 59 CE date in text; reign of Nero, since Rufonius Antigonos is not yet active under Claudius.;

 

Pictures

BL_5845_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
BL_5845_S2_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 309488
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 76595
Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;14
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 309488 (= Ostr. London, British Library 5845), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.