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Ostr. London, British Library 5815

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 5815
Publication Number O.Wilck. 92 + El. 4553
Current Location London, British Library
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
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 purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Salt, Henry
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt unknown
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution purchase
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Salt, Henry
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Krall, Jakob
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation to be joined with El.DAIK inv. 4553, still part of right upper corner missing

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) to be joined with El.DAIK inv. 4553, still part of right upper corner missing
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for contribution for the Dacian canal of Trajan and for the salary of river police boats (dakikou potamou and opsonion potamophylakidon)
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of Ammonios and Petorzmethis, pratores argyrikon of Syene, for the Dacian canal (of Trajan) and for the wages on soldiers of river police boats, paid by Zmenpos, son of Harpaesis and Sentithoes, with signature of Nigreinos and Pachompretis; probably dating of year 17 of Trajan.
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text O.Wilck. 92 joins to El. 4553, will be reedited in O.Eleph.DAIK II (Duttenhöfer) corr. name l. 2: Zmet[ gehört zu Zmetpos, cf. P.Bingen, introduction
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἀμμώνιος καὶ Πετορζμῆθις πράκ(τορες) ἀργ(υρικῶν) Σοή(νης).
2διέγραψεν Ζμετπῶς Ἁρπαήσεως
3μητρὸς Σεντιθοήους Δακι̣κ̣οῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ
4μισθοῦ ποταμοφυλακίδος ιζ (ἔτους) Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος
5τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἓ̣ξ ὀ̣βο̣λοὺς πέντε, (γίνονται) (δραχμαῖ) ς (πεντώβολον).
6(ἔτους) ιζ Τραιανοῦ Κα̣ί̣σ̣α̣ρ̣ο̣ς̣ το̣ῦ̣ κ̣υ̣ρ̣ίου
7Φαμ̣ε̣ν̣ω̣θ̣ κ̣ε̣.
8Νιγρεῖνος σεσημίωμαι 1l. σεσημείωμαι
9Παχομπρ̣ῆτις σεσυμίω-
10μαι. 2l. σεσημείωμαι

1 l. σεσημείωμαι
2 l. σεσημείωμαι
convex
1Ammonios and Petorzmethis, collectors of money taxes of Syene.
2Thus has paid Zmenpos, son of Harpaesis
3and the mother Sentithoes, for the Dacian canal and
4for the wages for (the soldiers on) river police boats of year 17 of Trajan Caesar
5the lord six silver drachmae and five oboloi, = 6 dr. 5 ob.
6Year 17 of Trajan Caesar the lord,
7Phamenoth 25.
8Nigreinos, I have signed.
9Pachompretis, I have
10signed.
BL_5815_S1_001
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BL5815+Eleph4553coll_S
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DAIK_O4553_26801b_S1_0
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BL_5815r_ir_S1_001
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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
    12435 man Ammonios praktor (Syene) Ammonios praktor Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Trajan 17 Phaophi 25 113 October 23 CE date in text;

     

    Pictures

    BL_5815_S1_001
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    BL5815+Eleph4553coll_S
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    DAIK_O4553_26801b_S1_0
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    BL_5815r_ir_S1_001
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    BL_5815_ir_S2_001
    Reserved Copyright
    DAIK_O4553_26801b_S1_0
    Reserved Copyright

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310161
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 76670
    Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;92
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Emil Joubert (bibliography)
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310161 (= Ostr. London, British Library 5815), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Emil Joubert (bibliography).