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Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3171

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3171
Publication Number SB I 4366
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 Browne dates this as third century on paleographical grounds; Goodspeed dated it second century.
Dating between 200 and 299
Criteria for Dating palaeography
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation missing

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) piece missing
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Order for payment
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | Order for payment or delivery
Summary of Content Order for payment of money ? ca. 0200-0299. In Greek. 7.5 x 14.5 cm. Browne dates this as third century on paleographical grounds; Goodspeed dated it second century.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok no photo available
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ἀπόδος εἰς Ἐλεφαντίνην
2τῷ υἱῷ Βουκόλῳ
3παρὰ Πανῶτος (δραχμὰς) χ.
convex
1Pay out to Elephantine
2for (my?) son Boukolos
3from Panos 600 dr.
     
Places (read out from edition)
  • Ἐλεφαντίνην (places.xml#3)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    29970 man Boukolos (son of Panos?) Βουκόλῳ Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    200 CE 299 CE palaeographical dating;

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310090
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 32118
    Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;1;4366
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310090 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3171), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.