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Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3165

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3165
Publication Number SB I 4356
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 116-117
Dating between 117 and 118
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation Surface abraded

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
State of Preservation (Text) surface abraded
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for the wages for the river police boats
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Ammonios (praktor of Syene), for the wages for river police boats (opsonios potamophylakidos), paid by Pachnoumis, son of Bienchis and the mother ---, in year 2 of Hadrian
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἀμμώνιος πράκτωρ. διέγραψεν Παχνοῦ-
2μις Βιήγχεως μητ(ρὸς) -?-
3ὑπὲρ ὀψωνίου ποταμοφυλακ(ίδος) (ἔτους) ̣
4Ἁδριανοῦ (δραχμὴν) α̣ (τετρώβολον). (ἔτους) β̣ Ἁδριανοῦ
5Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου.
convex
1Ammonios, tax collector. Thus has paid Pachnou-
2mis, son of Bienchis and the mother ---
3for the wages for the river police boats of year ?
4of Hadrian 1 dr. 4 ob. Year 2 of Hadrian
5Caesar the lord.
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
12435 man Ammonios praktor (Syene) Ammonios praktor Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Hadrian 02 117 CE 118 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

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Literature

 

DatasetID 310089
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 23114
Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;1;4356
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 310089 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3165), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.