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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	Shereen A. Aly 95
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:

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 18 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 unknown subscr. of Ammonios, son of Apollonios
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Currently unknown) Ammonios, son of Apollonios, countersigner
Text Types	documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax of year 4 of Tiberius, paid by Pachis, son of Psenchnoubis, with subscript of Ammonios, son of Apollonios.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13870	man	Ammonios, son of Apollonios, countersigner	Ἀμμώνιος Ἀπολλωνίου	Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Tiberius	04	Pharmuthi	28	18 April 23 CE	date in text;

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	312764
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 312764 (= Ostr. Cairo EM 18955), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Shereen A. Aly.