Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3149
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3149 |
| Publication Number |
Harv. 3149 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State 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 |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The right-aligned text was placed onto the upper half of the potsherd. The lower part as well as the upper left and lower right crotches remain uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
63 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
35 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
63 x 35 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt tax |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Onnophris, son of Hones, and his unnamed slave are confirmed by Phatres, son of Hartophnachthes, of having paid the salt tax for the 32nd regnal year in an amout on ½ silver kite each. Greek subscription by Petepiphis with tax type and amount in Greek currency as 1 drachma. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Greek subscription: Tax type and amount in Greek currency as 1 drachma. by Petepiphis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Lower Egypt, 14th nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
1 Transcription and translation by Jan Moje.
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1 | | Thus have brought Onnophris, son of Hones, ¼ silver kite (for) the salt tax, |
2 | | and his slave ¼ silver kite. Issued by Phatres, (son) of Hartophnachthes. |
3 | | 32nd regnal year, 30th of Pachons. |
4 | | For the salt tax: 1 drachma.
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 16940 |
man |
Onnophris, son of Hones |
Wn-nfr sꜣ Ḥwn |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
32 |
Pachons |
30 |
-253 July 17 BCE |
Internal dating, without name of the ruler.; |
Pictures
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
310991 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Jan Moje; Verena Lepper |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 310991 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library 3149), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Verena Lepper. |
