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Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3162

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3162
Publication Number SB I 4352
Current Location Cambridge, Harvard, Houghton Library
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]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating of Object 111
Dating between 111 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken on all sides

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 on all sides, but first line still visible
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of scribe Leon, signature of second hand: probably Pachompretis, son of Ammonas.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 10
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax (laographia) and contribution (merismos)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for poll tax and contribution (probably for the men who have fled: anakechorekoton) of year 14 of Trajan, written by the scribe Leon, paid by Petorzmethis--- Loups ???, probably a man known from SB I 4353 and 4358: Petorzmethis, son of Peteuris, alias Ploups, and the mother Tisatis. With reconstructed signature of Gellius Capito through the scribe Pachompretis, son of Ammonas (cf. Leon-article)
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. lines reduced; new edition: Duttenhöfer, Leon-article
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγρα(ψεν) Πετορζμῆθ̣ι̣ς Πετεύ-
2ριος ὁ καὶ Πετορζμὴθις Λοῦψ μητ(ρὸς)
3Τισᾶτις λαογραφίας Ἐ̣λ̣ε̣φ̣αντίνης ιδ (ἔτους) ἀργυρίου
4δραχ(μὰς) ἐννέα, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) θ μερισμ(οῦ) -?-
5-?- δι(ὰ) Λέοντος γραμματέως.
6(ἔτους) ιε Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος̣ -?-
7vac.? τοῦ κυρίου, Θὼθ ̣.
8Γέλλιος Καπίτ(ων) σεσημίομ̣ι δι(ὰ) Παχομ-
9πρήτ(ιος) Ἀμμωνᾶτ(ος) γραμματ(έως) δραχμὰς -?-
9+y- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
convex
1Thus has paid Petorzmethis, son of Peteu-
2ris?, alias? Petorzmethis Ploups, and the mother
3Tisatis?, for poll tax of Elephantine of year 14, silver
4drachmas nine, = 9 dr., for contribution dr. ?
5--- through Leon, scribe.
6Year 15 of Trajan Caesar
7the lord, Thoth ?
8(hand 2) Gellius Capito, I have signed through Pachom-
9pretis, son of Ammonas, scribe, drachmas ---
9+y- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
16170 man Gellius Capito, collector Γελλιος Καπιτων Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 15 Thoth 111 August 30 CE 111 September 28 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

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Literature

 

DatasetID 310086
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 23110
Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;1;4352
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 310086 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3162), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.