Ostr. Cairo EM 18955
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM 18955 |
| Publication Number |
Shereen A. Aly 90 |
| 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 150 and 200 |
| Criteria for Dating |
palaeography |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at right and bottom |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
broken at right and bottom |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand unknown |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for the tax on Behen-nuts |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
receipt of Ammonios, son of Sokrates, and NN ? and his associate supervisors of the Sacred Gate of Syene, for the tax on Behen-nuts (trite eikasmou myrobalanon). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
translation of eikasmou*** |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
| Religion, further |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Ἀμμώνιος Σωκράτους -?- |
2 | | καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ
ἐπιτηρητ(?) -?- |
3 | | συνεπακολοθοῦντες?. ἐμέτρησεν Α -?- |
4 | | ὑπὲρ (τρίτης) εἰκασμοῦ μυροβ(αλάνων) γενή(ματος) (ἔτους)
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5 | | -6- ιν -?- |
y | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1 | | Ammonios, son of Sokrates, and? ---|
2 | | and his associate supervisors with ?---|
3 | | being present. Thus has measured out A---|
4 | | for the third of the estimated value of Behen-nuts of the harvest of year ?|
5 | | ---
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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150 CE 200 CE |
prosopography and paleography suggests a date late in second century; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
312759 |
| 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 312759 (= Ostr. Cairo EM 18955), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Shereen A. Aly. |
