Ostr. Mus. Vat. Inv. No. 19890
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Mus. Vat. Inv. No. 19890 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilck. 16 |
| Current Location |
Vatican Museum |
| 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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 60 and |
| 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, |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for monthly trade tax (cheironaxion meniaion) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt for monthly trade tax, paid by Thaesis, daughter of Orsenouphis, wife of Psenmonthes, for three months in year 7 of Nero. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
woman as taxpayer for monthly trade tax |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | διαγεγράφηκεν
Θαῆσις Ὀρσενοῦφις γυνὴ
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2 | | Ψενμώνθου
ὑπὲρ
χειροναξίου
l. χειρωναξίο(υ)
μηνιαίου ζ (ἔτους) Θὼτ |
3 | | Φαῶφι Ἁθὺρ μηνῶν
γ δραχμὰς τέσσαρες l. τέσσαρας
(δραχμὰς) δ. |
4 | | (ἔτους) ζ
Νέρωνος τοῦ κυρίου Χοίαχ ε.
1 l. χειρωναξίο(υ)
2 l. τέσσαρας
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1 | | Thus has paid Thaesis, daughter
of Orsenouphis, wife |
2 | | of Psenmonthes, for the
monthly trade tax of year 7, for Thoth, |
3 | | Phaophi, Hathyr, for 3 months four drachmas, = 4 dr.|
4 | | Year 7 of Nero the lord, Choiak 5.
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Nero |
07 |
Choiak |
05 |
60 December 1 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309491 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76597 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilck;;16 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309491 (= Ostr. Mus. Vat. Inv. No. 19890), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
