Ostr. Cairo EM 18955
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM 18955 |
| Publication Number |
ZPE 209, 4 Shereen A. Aly 73 |
| Current Location |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum (transferred to the museum in 1912) |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
| 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 |
excavation or purchase
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Simon, James
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 129 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
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, hand of Iunius Valens boethos |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for contribution for a statue of the emperor (merismos andriantos) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of the collector Kalasiris through the assistant (Iunius) Valens for merismos andriantos of the emperor Hadrian, paid by Thiaous? (for Phtiaous, son of Pachnoubis and the mother Thintithoes. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok (name: thiaous?) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation |
| Religion |
Syncretism |
| Comment on Religion |
tax for a statue of the emperor Hadrian |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Kalasiris, collector of money taxes, through |
2 | | the assistant Valens. Thus has paid |
3 | | Thiaous?, son of Pachnoubis and the mother|
4 | | Thintithoes, for the contribution|
5 | | for a statue of the lord Hadrian|
6 | | Caesar, 4 (drachmas). Year 13|
7 | | of Hadrian the lord,|
8 | | Epeiph 23.
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| Cairo 18955-81_S1_001 |
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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 |
| 12475 |
man |
Iunius Valens |
Iunius Valens |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Hadrian |
13 |
Epeiph |
23 |
129 July 17 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| Cairo 18955-81_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
312750 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer, Shereen A. Aly |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 312750 (= Ostr. Cairo EM 18955), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Shereen A. Aly. |
