Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3148
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3148 |
| Publication Number |
SB XIV 11925 |
| Current Location |
Cambridge, Harvard, Houghton 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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
12 October 171 |
| Dating |
between 171 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at top and left |
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 top and left |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Serenos |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax (laographia) and prison guards (desmophylakon) and contribution for the men who have fled (merismos anakechorekoton) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt for payment of poll and capitation taxes.
While the names of the collectors are not mentioned, it is likely that they are the Stephanus and Serenus mentioned in W.O. II 164.
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| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
fragment on top left is missing since the text was published. text as in edition
(name l. 2 seems doubtful) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Στέφανος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ
ἐπιτηρηταὶ ἱερᾶς πύλ̣ης
Σοήνης
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2 | | διὰ Σερήνου
βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν
Πασῆτις Μεσουήρεως
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3 | | μη(τρὸς) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ὑ̣π̣ὲρ
λ̣αογραφίας ια (ἔτους) δραχμὰς δε- |
4 | | καεπτὰ ὀβολ(όν), (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ (ὀβολός), μερισ̣μὸν
ἐ̣π̣ι̣κ̣εφαλίου
ἀνδρῶν
ἀνακε̣χωρηκότων
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5 | | - ca.20 - ̣ ̣ (ἔτους) ιβ Αὐρηλίου |
6 | | Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυ̣ρ̣ί̣ου Φαῶφι ι̅δ̅.
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1 | | Stephanus and his associate supervisors of the Sacred Gate of Syene, |
2 | | through Serenos, assistant. Thus has paid Pasetis, son of Mesouris|
3 | | and the mother ---, for poll tax of year 11, seven-|
4 | | teen drachmas one obol, = 17 dr. 1 ob., for the contribution for the men who have fled |
5 | | --- Year 12 of Aurelius |
6 | | Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 14.
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| Places (read out from edition) Σοήνης (places.xml#8) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 29940 |
man |
Pasetis, son of Mesoueris |
Πασῆτις Μεσουήρεως |
pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Marcus Aurelius |
12 |
Phaophi |
14 |
171 October 12 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
309522 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
15477 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/sb;14;11925 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer; Verena Lepper |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 309522 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3148), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Verena Lepper. |
