Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 4457

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Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 4457
Publication Number	ined
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication assigned
Publication Status	unpublished

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	archaeological excavation Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Demotic
Script, additional A	Greek
Language, Primary	Demotic
Language, additional A	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic, Demotic Greek: hand of Petepiphis
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	receipt for salt tax
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Petepiphis, son of Pachnoumis Peteyris, son of Harnouphis
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Bubalos, son of Harnouphis, is confirmed by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis, of having paid the salt tax for the 28th regnal year in an amount of ¼ kite. Greek translation of the Demotic.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Greek translation of the Demotic.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	¹Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje. ı͗n Bbls sꜣ Ḥr-nfr ḥḏ qd ¼ (n) ḥḏ ḥmꜣ
2	n ḥsb.t 28 n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr sꜣ Ḥr-nfr ḥsb.t 29 ı͗bd 4 ꜣḫ.t sw 29

¹ Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje.

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1	Thus has brought Bubalos, son of Harnouphis, ¼ silver kite (for) the salt tax
2	for the 28th regnal year. Issued by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis. 29th regnal year, 29th of Choiak.
3	Through Petepiphis.
4	Year 29, Choiak 29.
5	Thus has paid Boubalos
6	for salt tax 3 obols.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
25535	man	Boubalos, son of Harnouphis	Bbls sꜣ Ḥr-nfr / Βουβαλος	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	29	Choiak	29	-256 February 21 BCE	date in text;

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DatasetID	315799
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 315799 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 4457), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).