Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 47
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam-Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 47 |
| Publication Number |
ined. (Gonis) |
| Current Location |
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
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 |
(unknown) |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Gillespie, Robert Winton
Certainty: |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Criteria for Dating |
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 |
| Script, additional A |
Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of banker Ammonios? |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Greek 8 lines, one line of Demotic. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
9 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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| Line Lenght (in mm) |
65 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
80 |
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| Line Distance |
65x80 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for tax on fishermen |
| 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 |
Greek 8 lines. Bank receipt, issued by the banker Ammonios, head of the bank in Syene, for tetarte halieon (the quarter of the fishermen), paid by Teos, son of Simon, in year 5 of Ptolemy XII (or IX?); with demotic subscription in l. 9: for Djedhor, son of Simon. |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
transcript N. Gonis provisional |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ἔτους ε Παῦνι η̅. τέτα(κται)
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2 | | ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Συήνηι
τράπεζαν ἐφ᾿ ἧς
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3 | | Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ (ἔτος) (τετάρτης) ἁλιέων
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4 | | Τεως Σίμωνος
χαλκοῦ οὗ ἀλλα-
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5 | | γὴ δραχμὰς δισχιλίας |
6 | | πεντακοσίας, (γίνονται) ᾿Βφ. |
7 | | ----- Ἀμμώνιος
τραπεζίτης
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8 | | ᾿Γ. |
9 | |
Ḏd-ḥr s3 Symn (ḥḏ qd) 1500.
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1 | | Year 5, Payni 8. Thus has paid |
2 | | to the bank at Syene, whose head is |
3 | | Ammonios, for the same year for the quarter of the fishermen |
4 | | Teos, son of Simon, in copper drachmae plus bank exchange |
5 | | charges (Agio), two thousand |
6 | | five hundred, = 2500.|
7 | | ----- Ammonios banker. |
8 | | 3000. |
9 | | Teos, son of Simon, 1500 (kite)
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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 |
| 4223 |
man |
Teos, son of Simion |
Ḏd-Ḥr s3 Symn / Τεως Σίμωνος |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios XII Neos Dionysos |
05 |
Payni |
08 |
-76 June 15 BCE |
date in text; emperor incertain; alternative date June 24, 112 BC.; |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
310996 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 310996 (= Ostr. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum GR. P. 47), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic). |
