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Ostr. London, British Library 5814

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 5814
Publication Number O.Wilck. 238
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:
Finder (= First Purchaser) Salt, Henry
Certainty:
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:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Krall, Jakob
Certainty:

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 157 and 158
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at right

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 right
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of Pachnoubis, son of Petorzmethis, scribe
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8
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 | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of misthotes Stlaccius, through the assistant Pachnoubis, son of Petorzmethis, for geometria phoinikonon paid in year 21 of Antoninus.
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text corr. l. 1-2: ZPE 192, 2014, 197-198. all the lacuna therefore are broader, so different supplies can be suggested.
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Στλάκκιος μισθωτὴς
2ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοή(νης) διὰ Παχνούβιο(ς)
3Πετορζμήθου βοηθ(οῦ). διέγρ(αψεν) -ca. 8-
4ὑπὲρ ὀνόματο[ς -ca. 13- 15- ]
5ὑπὲρ γεομετρίας 1l. γεωμ(ετρίας) φοινικ(ώνος) γενή(ματος) κ (ἔτους)
6δραχμὰς δέκα ὀκτὼ (+?), (γίνονται) δρ. ιη (+?).
7(ἔτους) κα Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος
8τοῦ κυρίου month, day.

1 l. γεωμ(ετρίας)
convex
1Stlaccius, tax farmer
2of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through Pachnoubis,
3son of Petorzmethis, assistant. Thus has paid NN
4on account of NN
5for the survey tax on palm groves of the harvest of year 20)
6eighteen drachmas ---, = 18 dr. (+?).
7Year 21 of Antoninus Caesar
8the lord (month, day).
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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
    8090 not applicable (no further persons mentioned) (no further persons mentỈoned) (none)

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Antoninus Pius 21 157 CE 158 CE date in text;

     

    Pictures

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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310208
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 76805
    Papyri.info ddbdp/o.wilck;;238
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310208 (= Ostr. London, British Library 5814), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer .