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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1487

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1487
Publication Number O.Eleph. DAIK 069
Current Location magazine Assuan
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 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 117 and 138
Criteria for Dating reign of Hadrian
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 Sarapion 1
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content REceipt of unknown collector for trade tax in the reign of Hadrian, probably written by Sarapion 1
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1 -?- ς̣
2καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπιτηρηταὶ
3ἱερ(ᾶς) πύλ(ης) Σοή(νης). διέγραψεν
4Πετορζμῆθις ὁ καὶ(?) Δὰξ Πετορζμή-
5θιος μη(τρὸς) Θινπουῆρ̣ις ὑπὲρ χειρωναξίου
6 ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ
7Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς εἴκοσι
8ὀβολ(οὺς) δύο (γίνεται) (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον) Ἐπεὶφ ι̅α̅.
convex
1---
2and his associate supervisors
3of the Sacred Gate of Syene. Thus has paid
4Petorzmethis alias Dax, son of Petorzmethis
5and the mother Thinpoueris, for trade tax
6of the ---th year of Hadrian
7Caesar the lord, twenty drachmas
8two obols, = 20 dr. 2 ob., Epeiph 11.
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Places (read out from edition)
  • Σοή(νης) (places.xml#8)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    18475 man Petorzmethis ho kai Dax, son of Petorzmethis and Thinpoueris Πετορζμῆτι Δᾶκι Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Hadrian Epeiph 11 117 CE 138 CE date in text, reign of Hadrian, day: July 5.;

     

    Pictures

    1487_S1_001
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    Eleph_1487_S1_001
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    Eleph_1487innen_S2_001
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310140
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 24244
    Papyri.info ddbdp/p.eleph.wagner;1;69
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310140 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1487), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.