Ostr. Zürich, AI 1896
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Zürich, Archäologisches Institut des Universität |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Zürich, AI 1896 |
| Publication Number |
O.Wilck. 1608 |
| Current Location |
Zurich, Archäologisches Institut d. Univ. |
| Publication Status |
published |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Hess, Jean-Jacques (Fribourg CH)
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
unknown |
| 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 1929 and |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Hess, Jean-Jacques (Fribourg CH)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Criteria for Dating |
paleography and date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, ptolemaic, hand of Hermophilos
same hand as O.Eleph.DAIK 286 (sitologos?) and O.Bodl. I 224? |
| Comments on Text Layout |
lower third of sherd empty. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
50 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
40 |
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| Line Distance |
50x40 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for castor(?) oil |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
receipt of the elaiourgeion of Syene for Castor (?) oil |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
paleography: end of III or 1st half of II BC; 185/184 or 161/160 BC? |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Year 21, Epeiph. Thus has measured|
2 | | into the oil store in Syene|
3 | | Pantarkes, |
4 | | son of
Philammon, of castor oil|
5 | | a quarter, = 1/4 kotyle
(of castor oil).|
6 | | Hermophilos.
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| Places (read out from edition) Συήνηι (places.xml#8) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 8285 |
man |
Hermophilos praktor |
Hrmwphıls Ἑρμόφιλος |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios V Epiphanes |
21 |
Epeiph |
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184 CE |
paleographical dating,
end of III or 1st half of II BC; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
310986 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
77902 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/o.wilck;;1608 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 310986 (= Ostr. Zürich, AI 1896), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
