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Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. MS. Gr. class. d. 107 (P)

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Oxford, Bodleian Library
Inventory Number Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. MS. Gr. class. d. 107 (P)
Publication Number SB 6 9367 (1)
Current Location Oxford, Bodleian Library
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: medium
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Sayce, Archibald Henry
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution purchase
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1907 and 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Sayce, Archibald Henry
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Dating between -187 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation two non contiguous fragments 7x11 and 7x10 cm

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) two non contiguous fragments
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, ptolemaic cursive, hand unknown
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9 2
Quantity of Columns 1 1
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Certificate of shipment from Diospolis or Apollonopolis
Ancient Archives corn transport Syene | offical correspondence
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | official letter
Summary of Content Certificate of shipment of corn for rations of the soldiers in Syene, to be delivered to Apollonios, the sitologos of Syene, embarked in Diospolis.
Location of Composition Dios Polis (Thebes East) Upper Egypt, 4th nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text ok
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
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1- ca.9 - Ἀπολλωνίωι χαίρειν. ἐμβεβλήμεθα ἐκ τοῦ ἐν Διοσπό(λει) τῆι μεγάλ̣η̣ι θ̣ησαυρο
2εἰς φ̣ε̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ε ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣- ca.14 - ὥστε παρακομ̣ί̣σαι εἰς Συήνην πρὸ̣ς̣
3τὰ μετρήμα̣τα τῶν ἐπ̣ὶ τῶν τόπων στρατιωτῶν, μεμετρημ̣έν̣ας μέ(τρωι) (ἐννεακαιεικοσι)χοινίκωι πυρῶν ἀρτάβας ἑπτακοσίας
4πεντήκοντα (γίνονται) πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι ζ̣ν. ἔρ̣ρ̣ωσο. (ἔτους) ι̣η Φ̣αρμ̣οῦθ̣ι̣ κ̅δ̣̅.
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5 Ἡρακλείδης ὁ παρὰ Κάστορος τοῦ οἰκονόμου ἐμβέβλημα̣ι̣, κ̣α̣θ̣ὼ̣ς̣ ὁ̣ π̣ρ̣ο̣γ̣ε̣γραμμένος γ̣έ̣γ̣ρ̣αφεν, πυροῦ ἀρτάβας
6ἑπτακ̣οσίας πεν̣τ̣ήκοντα (γίνονται) πυ(ροῦ) ἀρτάβαι ψν. ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ὁ παρΨεναμούνιος τοῦ βασιλικοῦ
7γραμματέως συνεμβέβλημαι, κ̣αθὼς προγέγραπται, πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ἑπτακοσίας πεντήκ̣οντα (γίνονται) ἀρτάβαι ψν.
8 Ἀπολλώνιος Πανίσκωι χαίρ̣ειν. συναναλαβὼν τὰς ψν τῶν πυρῶν διασάφησον ἡμῖν
9καὶ ἀπ̣ό̣λυσον τὰ πλο̣ῖ̣α. ἔρρωσο. (ἔτους) ιη Φαρμοῦθι κ̅θ̅.
V
10 σ̣ι̣τολόγω̣ι̣
11Ἀπολλωνίωι

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1--- greets Apollonios. We have embarked from the thesauros at Disopolis Magna,
2on ---'s ship of --- (artabae) burthen, under command of ---, for conveyance to Syene for
3the rations of the soldiers stationed there, seven hundred and fifty artabae of what, by the 29 choinikes measure,
4total 750 artabae of wheat. Farewell. Year 18, Pharmouthi 24.
5(hand 2) I, Herakleides, assistant of Kastor the oikonomos, have embarked, as has been stated,
6seven hundred and fifty artabae of wheat, total 750 artabae. (hand 3) I, ---, assistant of Psenamounis the basilikos
7grammateus, have embarked, as has been stated, seven hundred and fifty artabae of wheat, total 750 artabae.
8(hand 4) Apollonios greets Paniskos. As soon as you have received the 750 (artabae) of wheat, inform us,
9and let the ships return. Farewell. Year 18, Pharmouthi 29.
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10(hand 1) to the sitologos
11Apollonios.
     
Places (read out from edition)
  • Διοσπό(λει) (places.xml#64)
  • Συήνην (places.xml#8)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    34560 man Apollonios sitologos (corn transport) Ἀπολλωνίωι Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Ptolemaios V Epiphanes 18 Pharmuthi 29 -187 June 4 BCE date in text, cf. BL VII, 207.;

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310439
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 5739
    Papyri.info ddbdp/sb;6;9367
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 310439 (= Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. MS. Gr. class. d. 107 (P)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.