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Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. MS. Gr. class. d. 110 (P) fr. [8]

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Oxford, Bodleian Library
Inventory Number	Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. MS. Gr. class. d. 110 (P) fr. [8]
Publication Number	SB 6 9367 (8)
Current Location	Oxford, Bodleian 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]
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	broken at right

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)	broken at right
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic cursive, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7	4
Quantity of Columns	1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Notification of shipment of corn from Diospolis parva
Ancient Archives	corn transport Syene \| offical correspondence
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter documentary \| official letter
Summary of Content	Notification of shipment of corn from Diospolis parva, for the rations of the soldiers in Syene, from Nearchos to Lysimachos
Location of Composition	Diospolis Parva (Hiu) Upper Egypt, 7th nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok verso order of text incertain
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	Νέαρχος Λυσιμάχωι χαίρειν. ἐμβεβλήμεθα ἐκ τοῦ ἐν Διοσπόλει τῆι μικρᾶι θησαυροῦ εἰς
2	ακωρ? ἀγωγῆς - ca. 51 -
3	Πρω̣τάρχου τοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Θηβαΐδα ὥστε παρακομίσαι εἰς Συήνην
4	πρὸς τὰ̣ μετρήματα τῶν - ca. 38 - ἀπὸ
5	τῶν τοῦ̣ ιη (ἔτους) γενημάτων - ca. 16 - τῶι συμβεβλημένωι πρὸς τὸ
6	χαλ̣κ̣ο̣ῦ̣ν - ca. 47 - ἐν
7	κονδυλίωι. ἔρρωσο. (ἔτους) ιη -?-

V

8	σ̣ι̣τολόγωι τῆ̣ς Θ̣ηβαΐδος
9	(ἔτους) ιη Πα̣ῦνι̣ -?-
10	ακωρ? Ν̣έωνος μισθωτοῦ -?-
11	π̣υ̣ρῶν χ̣ν̣

R

1	Nearchos greets Lysimachos. We have embarked form the thesauros in Diospolis parva on
2	the akor(?) of the burden ---
3	of Protarchos, the intendant of the finances of the Thebaid, for conveyance to Syene
4	for the rations of the soldiers --- of
5	the harvest of year 18 --- compared to the
6	copper measure ---
7	in a jug. Farewell. Year 18 ---

V

8	to the sitologos of the Thebaid.
9	(hand 2) year 18, Payni ---
10	akor(?) of Neon, tax farmer? ---
11	wheat 650 artabae.

Places (read out from edition)

τῆι μικρᾶιΔιοσπόλει (places.xml#10)

Θηβαΐδα (places.xml#172)

Συήνην (places.xml#8)

Θ̣ηβαΐδος (places.xml#172)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
34650	man	Lysimachos (corn archive)	Λυσιμάχωι	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios V Epiphanes	18	Payni		-187 July 6 BCE -187 August 4 BCE	date in text;

Literature

DatasetID	310451
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	5746
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 310451 (= Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. MS. Gr. class. d. 110 (P) fr. [8]), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.