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Ostr. London, British Library 12460

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 12460
Publication Number O.Wilck. 244
Current Location London, British Library
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) Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution purchase
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Chester, Greville John
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 left side broken off

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) left side broken off
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for pasture tax
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of unknown supervisors of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through a machairophoros (an armed police officer) for ennomion of 6 sheep, paid by Hatpechnoubis alias Ammonios.
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. new supplies in l. 1, 3, 4, 6.
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1 NN καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἐπιτηρηταὶ ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης
2διὰ -?- ωνος μαχαιροφόρου.
3διέγραψεν? Ἀτπεχνοῦβις ὁ καὶ Ἀμμώνιος
4ὑπ(ὲρ) -?- ων προβάτων ἓξ (γίνονται) προβάτων ϛ̅
5 -?- (ἔτους) Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
6ἐκ δραχ(μῆς) α (διωβόλου) (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η.
7(ἔτους) ̣ ̣ Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
8 vac. Φαμενὼθ γ̅.
convex
1NN and the other supervisors of the Sacred Gate of Syene
2through ---on, the sword-bearer.
3Thus has paid Hatpechnoubis alias Ammonios
4for --- of six of sheep, = 6 sheep,
5--- of year ? of Antoninus Caesar the lord,
6each at 1 drachma 2 obols, = 8 dr.
7Year ? of Antoninus Caesar the lord,
8Phamenoth 3.
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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
    15450 man Hatpechnoubis alias Ammonios Ἀτπεχνοῦβις ο και Ἀμμώνιος Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Antoninus Pius 24 Phamenoth 03 160 February 28 CE ;

     

    Pictures

    BL_12460_S1_001
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    BL_12460_S2_001
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310185
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 76811
    Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;244
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310185 (= Ostr. London, British Library 12460), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer .