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Ostr. Berlin P. 334

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Ostr. Berlin P. 334
Publication Number O.Wilck. 160
Current Location magazine | ostraca depository
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery (unknown)
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Travers, Consul Gustav
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt unknown
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution donation
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1879 and 1879
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Travers, Consul Gustav
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Erman, Adolf
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 134 and 135
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Left part broken off in undetermined extent.

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) All line beginnings of the Greek text are broken off. surface extremely damaged and dirty, hardly readable anymore
Script, Primary Greek
Script, additional A Late Demotic
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A Roman Demotic
Comments on Handwriting documentary, Greek:hand currently unknown
Comments on Text Layout Wide line pitch. The text was placed centered onto the surface of the potsherd, with a broad upper margin.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5+1 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 0
Column Height (in mm) 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content [///], son of Senpatanukis, is confirmed by Iulios Sabinos, Gelios Persis, Sansnos Ans- and further tax officers of the Holy Gate of Syene of having paid the poll tax (λαογραφία) for the 18th regnal year in an amount of 17drachmas and 1 obol. (according to BerlPap) Demotic subscription, very faded, due to the remains the name of the issuer Pachnoumis, son of Petosorsmetis.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual) Demotic subscription, very faded, due to the remains the name of the issuer Pachnoumis, son of Petosorsmetis.
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. date P.Worp 43, p. 292, note 30; tax year 18, date year 19; but Gonis has a parallel (Bristol H 2394) with tax year 17 and date year 18
Multilingualism Bilingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἰούλιος Σαβεῖνος καὶ Γέλιος Πέρσης καὶ Σανσνὼς Α̣νσ-
2 ̣ ̣ ̣ καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς ἐπιτηρηταὶ ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης. διέγραψεν
3 ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ μητρὸς Σενπατανοῦκις ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας
4 ̣ ̣ (ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς δέκα ἑπτὰ ὀβολὸν
5(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ (ὀβολὸς). (ἔτους) ̣ ̣ Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου.
convex
61Transcription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Moje.n-ḏr.t Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr ///

1 Transcription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Moje.
convex
1Iulius Sabinus and Gellius Perses and Sansnos, son of Ans---?
2and their associate supervisors of the Sacred Gate of Syene. Thus has paid
3NN, son of NN and the mother Senpatanoukis, for poll tax
4of year ? of Hadrian the lord, seventeen drachmas 1 obol,
5= 17 dr. 1 ob. Year ? of Hadrian the lord.
6[Issued by Pachnoumis, son of Petosor]smetis. ⸢///⸣
     
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
    21970 man Gellius Perses epiteretes Γέλλιος Πέρσης Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Hadrian 18 134 August 29 CE 135 August 28 CE date in text, year lost; suggested by Hoogendijk: tax year 18 and date year 19, but Gonis has a close parallel with tax year 17 and date year 18;

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310034
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 50753
    Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;160
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic)
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310034 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 334), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).