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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1603

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1603
Publication Number O.Eleph. DAIK 015
Current Location magazine Assuan
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 181 and 182
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left

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 at left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of Pachnoubis, son of Petorzmethis.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through the assistant Pachnoubis, son of Petorzmethis, for the survey tax on palm groves, paid by Pachnoubis --- .
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. date, Commodus. l. 1-2 new tax farmer and scribe supplied, l. 4 name? wrong
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1[Οὔλπιος Κελεᾶρις] μισθωτὴς ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διʼ ἐμοῦ
2Παχνο(ύβιος) Πετορζμήθιος. διέγραψεν Παχνοῦβις
3 -?- ὑ(πὲρ) γεομ(ετρίας) φοινικῶνος γενήματος κα (ἔτους)
4 -?- ὑ(πὲρ) ὀνόματος Πεκύσιος Ζμήθιος 1readings probably wrong
5 -?- (ἔτους) κβ//
6month, day. ̅2ed. [Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ κυριο]ῦ̣ | (7) -?-

1 readings probably wrong
2 ed. [Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ κυριο]ῦ̣ | (7) -?-
convex
1Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through me,
2Pachnoubis, son of Petorzmethis. Thus has paid Pachnoubis,
3--- for survey tax on palm groves of the harvest of year 21
4--- on account of Pekysis, son of Zmethis (?)
5--- (amount). Year 22,
6(month, day).
Eleph_1603_S1_001
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Eleph_1603innen_S2_001
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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
    29650 man Pachnoubis, son of --- Παχνοῦβ(ις) [ -ca.?- pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Commodus 22 181 CE 182 CE date in text;

     

    Pictures

    Eleph_1603_S1_001
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    Eleph_1603innen_S2_001
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310122
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 24196
    Papyri.info ddbdp/p.eleph.wagner;1;15
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310122 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1603), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.