Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.386
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.386 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilb. 8 |
| Current Location |
New York, Brooklyn Museum |
| 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 |
excavation or purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Wilbour, Charles Edwin
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
donation |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
"Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour."
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 128 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
broken in two joining pieces |
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) |
broken in two pieces, joined |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, cursive, hand of Sarapion 1 |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
9 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax (laographia) |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of the supervisor Gellius Perses for poll tax of year 12 of Hadrian, paid by Harpaesis, son of Phanophis and Tachomtbekis in year 13 of Hadrian, with subscript of Gellius Perses. |
| 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 |
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1 | | Gellius Perses, supervisor of the Sacred Gate of |
2 | | Syene. Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Phano-|
3 | | phis and the mother Tachomtbekis, for poll tax|
4 | | of the twelfth year of Hadrian Caesar|
5 | | the lord seventeen drachmae one obol,|
6 | | = 17 dr. 1 ob. Year 13 of Hadrian the lord,|
7 | | Hathyr 6. |
8 | | Gellius Perses, supervisor, I have signed|
| | (for) 17 dr. 1 ob.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Hadrian |
13 |
Hathyr |
06 |
128 November 2 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
310100 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76520 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilb;;8 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 310100 (= Ostr. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.386), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
