Ostr. Cairo EM 18955
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM 18955 |
| Publication Number |
ZPE 209, 1 Shereen A. Aly 70 |
| 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: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Simon, James
Certainty: |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Lower left corner missing. Surface abraded and damaged. |
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) |
lower left corner broken off, surface partly abraded |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Iunius Valens |
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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 custom duties for wine |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of Iunius Mousaios and his associate tax farmers of the harbour of Syene through Iunius Valens, for the import fee for 25 vessels of wine in Year 12 of Domitian, paid by Ammonios, son of Bassos. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Iunius Musaios and the |
2 | | associate tax farmers of the harbour |
3 | | of Syene through Iunius Valens|
4 | | to Ammonios, son of Bassos, greetings. We|
5 | | have received from you the fee for wine |
6 | | of which you have imported 25 jars. Year 12 |
7 | | of Domitian the lord, |
8 | | Choiak 30.
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| Cairo 18955-98_S1_001 |
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| Places (read out from edition) Σοήνης (places.xml#8) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 21750 |
man |
Ammonios, son of Bassos |
Ἀμμώνιος Βάσσου |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Domitian |
12 |
Choiak |
30 |
92 December 26 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| Cairo 18955-98_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
312767 |
| 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 312767 (= Ostr. Cairo EM 18955), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Shereen A. Aly. |
