Pap. Paris, AIBL P. Clermont-Ganneau 2

Inventory Number	Pap. Paris, AIBL P. Clermont-Ganneau 2
Publication Number	SB VI 9230
Current Location	Paris, Sorbonne, Institute of Papyrology
Publication Status	published

Ancient Provenance Site	Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: low
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object Type	papyrus
Dating	between 275 and 299
Criteria for Dating	palaeography
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	fragment in lower part broken out

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	all margins, fragment missing
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	22	6+1
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Height of Line / Letter

Modern Title	Letter concerning quarry workers
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Letter concerning quarry workers. The foreman of a group of public workmen, Dioskoros, sends a collective letter, in his own name and in the name of the quarrymen and the smiths to Ammonas foreman and provisioner, asking him to recognize that they work with all zeal and complaining that their reprovisioning is not as well organized as it ought to be. (J.J. Farber)
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok translation by J. J. Farber in Pap.Eleph.Engl. D17
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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1	Διόσκορος ἐργοδότης καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ σκλη-
2	ρουργοὶ καὶ χαλκεῖς Ἀμμωνᾷ ἐργοδότῃ
3	καὶ κιβαριάτορει ¹ l. κιβαριάτορι χαίρειν.
4	γεινώσκειν ² l. γινώσκειν σε θέλομεν ἔγγιστα
5	τα ἐργασαμένους ἡμᾶς παντὶ σθέ-
6	νι ³ l. σθέ\|νει, καθὼς προεδηλώσαμέν σοι,
7	καὶ νῦν σοι δηλοῦμεν ἀπαλλά-
8	ξαντες ἄλλον ἕνα λίθον ἐπὶ τῆς
9	ὁδοῦ τῆς ἀναβάσεως παρθένου
10	καὶ νεωστ(?)ὶ̣ τ̣ῇ κοπ̣ρίᾳ παραβάν-
11	τας ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ παρέδωκας Σύρῳ
12	α̣να ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣αζόμενοι ἀπαλλα̣σ-
13	σομε̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ἕως τῆς δ Φαρμοῦθι
14	μετα ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ε ̣α̣δ̣ε καθεζόμε-
15	θα διὰ τὸ δο(?)ῦναι ἡμᾶς τοῖς καυ-
16	σαρίοις ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣μ̣ον ἐν χερσὶ καὶ τοῦ
17	στρ̣ατ̣ιώτου μ̣ὴ̣ ἀνελθόντος ὑμῖν
18	ὅλην ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ χαλκίον παρὰ Δί̣ο̣υ
19	ὄντες̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ τὴν̣ διώρθωσιν τῶν
20	σιτ̣αρίων (?) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣τες λιφθέντες ⁴ l. λειφθέντες
21	-?- ἐδηλώσαμέν σοι
22	-?- α̣ις. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὐχόμεθα.

¹ l. κιβαριάτορι
² l. γινώσκειν
³ l. σθέ|νει
⁴ l. λειφθέντες

23	καλῶς ποιήσητε καθὼς καὶ πρότερον ὑμῖν ἐδηλώσα̣μεν
24	περὶ ἐλαίου καὶ σίτου ὅπως προνοήσητε ἡμῖν ὡς ̣ ̣ ̣
25	ατοις, ἐλαδιν ¹ l. ἐλάδι<ο>ν δὲ μὴ βάλητε Ἑρμ̣ί̣νῳ μηδὲ Μώρῳ̣ σκλη-
26	ρουργῷ μηδὲ σῖτον τῷ -?-
27	πέμψατε δὲ Λονγίνω̣ -?-
28	κ̣ι̣ων ἀρτάβας δύο τ̣ -?-
29	Ἀμμωνᾷ ἐργοδότῃ κιβαριάτορι ☓ σκληρουργῶν.

¹ l. ἐλάδι<ο>ν

1	Dioskoros, foreman, and the quarrymen
2	and blacksmiths with him, to Ammonas, foreman
3	and provisioner, greetings.
4	We want you to know that most recently
5	we have worked with all our strength,
6	as we declared to you before,
7	and now we declare to you that we have removed
8	one other stone on the
9	road of the stairway of the Maiden,
10	and just now passing beyond the garbage dump.
11	--- You have handed over to Syros
12	up --- remove 1
13	--- until Pharmouthi 4
14	after --- we are sitting down
15	because we gave to those who have been relieved of
16	duty --- in the hands and the
17	soldier not having come up to us
18	a whole --- kettle from Dios,
19	being --- the payment of the
20	provisions --- having been left
21	--- we have shown you
22	--- . We pray that you are well.

23	You will do well, as we have declared to you even before this
24	about olive oil and grain, to provide for us as ---.
25	And you should not hand over a little oil to Herminos nor to Moros the quarry
26	man, nor grain to ---.
27	Send to Longinos ---
28	two artabas of ---.
29	To Ammonas, foreman and provisioner X of quarrymen.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
32215	man	Ammonas ergodotes, quarry	Ἀμμωνᾷ	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				275 CE 299 CE	palaeographical dating;

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DatasetID	310422
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	30758
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9230
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 310422 (= Pap. Paris, AIBL P. Clermont-Ganneau 2), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.