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Ostr. Cairo EM 18955

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Ostr. Cairo EM 18955
Publication Number	ZPE 209, 6 Shereen A. Aly 75
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: medium
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	excavation or purchase Certainty:
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

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
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution for river police boats and guard posts (merismos potamophylakidon and stationos)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Iunius Valens
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of the collector Kalasiris through the assistant Iunius Valens for river police boats and guard posts, paid by Bienchis, son of Peeis and the mother Seneseptis.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	Καλασι̂ρις πράκτωρ ἀργυρικῶν διὰ
2	̓Ιουνίου Οὐάλεντος βοηθου̂. διέ-
3	γραψεν Βιη̂γχις Π̣ε̣ή̣ε̣ι̣τ̣ος
4	μητρὸς Θινασέπτιος ὑπὲρ
5	μερισμου̂ ποταμοφυλακίδος καὶ στατίωνος
6	ιδ (ἔτους) ̔Αδριανου̂ του̂ κυρίου
7	(δραχμὴν) α (τετρώβολον) χαλκου̂ς β (ἔτους) ιδ ̔Αδριανου̂
8	του̂ κυρίου Χοιὰκ κ̅α̅.

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1	Kalasiris, collector of money taxes, through
2	Iunius Valens, assistant. Thus has
3	paid Bienchis, son of Peeis
4	and the mother Thinaseptis, for
5	the contribution for river police boats and guard posts
6	of year 14 of Hadrian the lord,
7	1 drachma 4 oboloi 2 chalkoi. Year 14 of Hadrian
8	the lord, Choiak 21.

Cairo 18955-83_S1_001

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4269	man	Bienchis, son of Peeis and Thinaseptis/Senesentis, daughter of Sansnos	Βιῆνχις Πεηειτος Θινασεπτιος, Σενεσέντις	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	14	Choiak	21	129 December 17 CE	date in text;

Pictures

Cairo 18955-83_S1_001

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Literature

Aly, Shereen A., Seven Ostraca from the Egyptian Museum featuring the tax collector Kalasiris and his Entourage (2019). (221-222)

DatasetID	312752
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 312752 (= Ostr. Cairo EM 18955), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Shereen A. Aly.