Ostr. Mus. Vat. Inv. No. 19897
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Mus. Vat. Inv. No. 19897 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilck. 168 |
| Current Location |
Vatican 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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 138 and 139 |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
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) |
check photo??? |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Pachompsachis; hand 2 unknown? |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
14 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) and poll tax (laographia) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of Valerios Marion and his associate supervisors (epiteretai) through the assistant Pachompsachis for installments for trade tax of year 22 of Hadrian and for trade tax of year 1 of Antoninus Pius (= year 22 of Hadrian) and for poll tax of year 20 of Hadrian, paid by Zmenpos, son of Petorzmethis alias Dax. |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok check photo for second hand*** |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Οὐαλέριος Μαρίων καὶ οἱ |
2 | | σὺν αὐτῷ
ἐπιτηρηταὶ ἱερᾶς πύλης
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3 | | Σοήνης διὰ Παχομψᾶχις
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4 | | βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν
Ζμενπὼς Πε- |
5 | | τορζμήθου
τοῦ καὶ Δακ̣ὸς
ὑπὲρ
χειρωναξίου
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6 | | κβ (ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος |
7 | | τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ λόγου
ῥυπαρὰς
δραχμὰς δέκα δύο |
8 | | (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ. (ἔτους) κβ Ἁδριανοῦ |
9 | | Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου |
10 | | Μεσορὴ ιδ. |
11 | |
β (ἔτους) Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος |
12 | | τοῦ κυρίου
διέγραψεν ὁ αὐτὸς
ὑπὲρ
χειροναξίου
l. χειρω(ναξίου)|
13 | | α (ἔτους) ῥυπαρὰς (δραχμὰς) η (διώβολον), ὁ αὐτὸς
λαογραφίας
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14 | | κ (ἔτους) ῥυπαρὰς (δραχμὰς) γ (τριώβολον).
1 l. χειρω(ναξίου)
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1 | | Valerius Marion and his |
2 | | associate supervisors of the Sacred Gate |
3 | | of Syene, through Pachompsachis, |
4 | | assistant. Thus has paid Zmenpos, son of Pe-|
5 | | torzmethis alias Dax, for trade tax |
6 | | of year 22 of Hadrian Caesar |
7 | | the lord, on account, twelve drachmas brutto, |
8 | | = 12 dr. Year 22 of Hadrian |
9 | | Caesar the lord, |
10 | | Mesore 14. |
11 | | (hand 2) Year 2 of Antoninus Caesar |
12 | | the lord. Thus has paid the same for trade tax |
13 | | of year 1, 8 dr. 2 ob., brutto; the same for poll tax |
14 | | of year 20 (of Hadrian) 3 dr. 3 ob., brutto.
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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 |
| 12740 |
man |
Pachompsachis scribe |
Παχομψᾶχις boethos |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Antoninus Pius |
02 |
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138 CE 139 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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Literature
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Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert & Hoogendijk, Francisca A.J. & Kruit, Nico & Verhoogt, A.M.F.W., BL 9: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band IX (1995). (408)
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Reiter, Fabian, Vorschläge zu Lesung und Deutung einiger Steuerquittungen aus Elephantine (2018). (67)
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Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (no. 168.)
| DatasetID |
310164 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
76738 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilck;;168 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 310164 (= Ostr. Mus. Vat. Inv. No. 19897), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
