Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 1872
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 1872 |
| Publication Number |
O.Bodl. I 224 |
| Current Location |
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (transferred to the museum in 1947 for permanent deposit) |
| Publication Status |
partly published |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: medium |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating of Object |
Ptolemy II Philadelphos |
| Dating |
between -285 and -205 |
| Criteria for Dating |
paleography |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at top and 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) |
top and right side missing |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, ptolemaic 3rd cen. |
| Comments on Text Layout |
lower part of sherd empty |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
33 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
35 |
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| Line Distance |
33+y x 35 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for grain |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
subscript in Greek to a lost receipt in demotic. At the end in l. 4 more demotic traces.
Hermophilos acknowledges the receipt of an amount of barley |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Comments on Text |
ok |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Bilingual |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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x | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
x+1 | | Ἑρμόφιλος εἰσμεμέ(τρημαι) καθότι πρό-
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x+2 | | κειται κ̣ριθ̣ῆς ἀρτάβας ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
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x+3 | | τέταρτ̣ο̣ν̣ ̣ ̣
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x | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
x+1 | | Hermophilos, I have received the measurement as above |
x+2 | | stated, barley artabas --- |
x+3 | | and a quarter --- |
x+4 | | demotic
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 8285 |
man |
Hermophilos praktor |
Hrmwphıls Ἑρμόφιλος |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-250 BCE -200 BCE |
palaeographical dating; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
310031 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
50370 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.bodl;1;224 |
| Author |
Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Emil Joubert (bibliography) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 310031 (= Ostr. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. 1872), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Emil Joubert (bibliography). |
